English Abstract This report presents an inventory of the current
land-use related emissions of Co2, CH4 and N2O for the 12 EC member
countries and 10 regions covering the rest of the world. Most of the CO2
emissions caused by land use changes stem from deforestation. The sources
of CH4 analyzed are natural wetlands, wetland rice fields, animals and
animal waste, landfills. Biomass burning is also discussed, since it is an
important source of CH4 and many other species. The major sources of N2O
are natural soils and soils used for agricultural production. For each
species possible future trends have been analyzed and options for reduction
of emissions have been included in policy scenarios. future emissions from
land-use related sources are dependent on the development of the demand for
agricultural land. For future developments in land-use existing scenarios
and historical data have been used. The results of this study form the
basis for the development of a land-use model to assess future land-use
related emissions. This model, which is still in development at present, is
described in a separate report.
