African greenhouse gas emission inventories and mitigation options : forestry, land-use change, and agriculture

Anthropogenic alterations of the composition of the atmosphere have been accelerating rapidly over the course of the past century. These changes may seriously threaten the stability of the global climate. At the Earth Summit, which was held in Rio de Janiero in 1992, a total of 161 nations signed th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 1995-01, Vol.38 (2-3), p.109-125
Main Authors: BRAATZ, B. V, BROWN, S, AMOUS, S, MUYUNGI, R. S, DE JODE, A, GIBBS, M, ISICHEI, A. O, ODADA, E. O, SCHOLES, R. J, SOKONA, Y, DRICHI, P, GASTON, G, DELMAS, R, HOLMES, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Atmospheric pollution
Dispersed sources and other
Exact sciences and technology
Pollution
Pollution sources. Measurement results
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Anthropogenic alterations of the composition of the atmosphere have been accelerating rapidly over the course of the past century. These changes may seriously threaten the stability of the global climate. At the Earth Summit, which was held in Rio de Janiero in 1992, a total of 161 nations signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. A brief overview of the main aims of this convention is presented, followed by an analysis of the greenhouse gas emission inventories of African nations. Several different mitigation options are examined, including improved forest management, alterations of prevailing land-use practices, and improvement of agriculture. Greenhouse gas emissions associated with the burning of vegetation and livestock manure are described.
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/BF00546757