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African Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories and Mitigation Options: Forestry, Land-Use Change, and Agriculture

Johannesburg, South Africa 29 May – June 1995

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Editors:
  1. John F. Fitzgerald

    1. U.S. Country Studies Program, USA

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  2. Barbara V. Braatz

    1. ICF Incorporated, USA

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  3. Sandra Brown

    1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, USA

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  4. Augustine O. Isichei

    1. Botany Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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  5. Eric O. Odada

    1. University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenia
      START/ENRICH Africa Liaison, Ghana Academy of Sciences, Accra, Ghana

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  6. Robert J. Scholes

    1. Division of Forest Science and Technology, CSIR, South Africa

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories: National Assessments

    1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Forestry, Land-Use Changes, and Agriculture in Tanzania

      • R. S. Muyungi, C. Omujuni
      Pages 207-210

  2. Back Matter

    Pages 211-219
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About this book

As atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to increase, so does the potential for atmospheric warming and associated climate change. In an effort to address the threat of global climate change, 155 countries signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. As of the first session of the Conference of the Parties, 128 nations had ratified the Convention. Among their other commitments, Parties to the Convention must develop and periodically update national inventories of net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions using comparable methodologies, and must develop and implement national programs to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
To further the development of emission inventories and mitigation options within the African context, 64 governmental and non-governmental scientists and policy analysts from 23 nations gathered at a workshop near Johannesburg, South Africa from 29 May to 2 June 1995. The workshop focused on forestry, land-use change, and agriculture, because these sectors not only are responsible for the majority of emissions from the continent and provide promising opportunities for emissions mitigation, but also are a vital component of African economic growth and development.
This book presents the workshop's major conclusions and findings, as well as individual papers that were prepared for the workshop, each of which was peer-reviewed and accepted for publication as part of the workshop process. The papers cover four areas: (1) issues are associated with data collection and emission factor determination; (2) problems associated with applying the IPCC inventory methodologies in Africa; (3) results of national inventory assessments in Africa; and (4) possible emissions mitigation options and methods for evaluating their potential viability.
As the first book dedicated solely to greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation options in Africa, this will be an invaluable resource to scientists, policymakers, and development specialists interested in global climate change and Africa.

Editors and Affiliations

  • U.S. Country Studies Program, USA

    John F. Fitzgerald

  • ICF Incorporated, USA

    Barbara V. Braatz

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, USA

    Sandra Brown

  • Botany Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    Augustine O. Isichei

  • University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenia

    Eric O. Odada

  • START/ENRICH Africa Liaison, Ghana Academy of Sciences, Accra, Ghana

    Eric O. Odada

  • Division of Forest Science and Technology, CSIR, South Africa

    Robert J. Scholes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: African Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories and Mitigation Options: Forestry, Land-Use Change, and Agriculture

  • Book Subtitle: Johannesburg, South Africa 29 May – June 1995

  • Editors: John F. Fitzgerald, Barbara V. Braatz, Sandra Brown, Augustine O. Isichei, Eric O. Odada, Robert J. Scholes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1637-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3942-7Published: 29 February 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7232-8Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1637-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 220

  • Topics: Climate Change, Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental Management, Forestry Management, Agriculture

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