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... Carbondioxide(CO2)isabsorbedby land and vegetation through theprocessofphotosynthesis.Thenet emissions arenegative(sequestration) and substantial,offsettingapproximately884MMTCO2E,orapproximately13%oftotal emissions in2006.114Thecarbonsequestration and storageprovidedby land canbepreservedthoughsustainable land management practices, and canbeenhancedbyrestorationof land, suchasreforestationofcontaminated land. The emissions estimateforthe land basedcarbonsinkisgivenbytheInventory.Specifically,Chapter7, Land Use, Land UseChange, and Forestry,providesanassessmentofthenetGHGfluxresultingfromtheuses and changesin land types and forestsintheU.S.,includingnet emissions fromforestlandremainingforestland,croplandremainingcropland, land converted to cropland,grasslandremaininggrassland, land converted to grassland,settlementsremainingsettlements,landfillyardtrimmings, and ... Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices  September2009APPENDIXATECHNICALSUPPORTFOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGH MATERIALS AND LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES Thisappendixprovidesadescriptionofthemethodologiesused to developthesystems‐basedpiechartofU.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showing materials and land management (FiguresES‐1 and 2 through 5in Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices) ,aswellasthemethodologiessupportingthetotaltechnicalpotentialscenarios and theGHGemissionreductionsthatcouldbeachieved through materials and land management activities.SECTIONA‐1METHODOLOGYFORCREATINGTHESYSTEMSPIECHARTS(FIGURESES‐1 AND 2 THROUGH 4)Asdescribedin Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices (the“maintext”),Figure1wasderivedfromtheInventoryofU.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:1990‐2006(“theInventory”).85TheInventorycomprehensivelyquantifiesthecountry’sprimaryanthropogenicsources and sinksofGHG emissions basedonacommon and consistentmethodologythatenablesparties to theUnitedNationsFrameworkConventiononClimateChange(UNFCCC) to comparetherelativecontributionofdifferentemissionsources and GHGs to climatechange.Inaddition to reporting emissions bythestandardcategoriessetbytheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC)methodology,theInventorypresents emissions allocated to theeconomicsectorswheretheyareemitted.86ThisisthebasisofFigure1,with34%of emissions comingfromElectricPowerIndustrysources,28%fromTransportationsources,19%fromIndustrialsources,8%fromAgriculturesources,6%fromCommercialsources, and 5%fromResidentialsources.87Acollectionofsourcesworkingtogether to fulfillacommonneedistermeda“system.” To betterunderstand and describetheconnectionsbetween materials and land management and climatechange,thispaperpresentsa“systems‐based”perspective.Ratherthancategorizing emissions according to thesectorwheretheyareemitted, emissions arecategorizedaccording to theneeddrivingthose emissions. TherearemanypossiblecategorizationsofGHG emissions bysystem,butthesystemsherearechosen to examinetheroleof materials management and land management. Figures2 through 5showthesame2006GHG emissions asFigure1,butreallocatethe emissions bysystem,demonstratinghowmuchoftheU.S.GHG emissions areassociatedwith materials and land management practices. Thesystemsperspectiveallowsconsiderationofmitigationoptionsthatarenotasevidentinthesector‐basedview.Byconsideringthe practices thatcontribute to the emissions, notthephysical emissions source,wecanseewherechangesin practices upstreamhavethemostpotential to reduce ... Ton=Timeperiodoftransition,defaultis1yearforcarbonlossesAlthoughthisequationissimilartotheequationusedtoestimatecarbonlossesinDOM(seebelow),itisnotinaccordancewiththe2006IPCCGuidelines.Theguidelinesrecommendagreaterdegreeofdisaggregationoflandusedatabyclimateandsoiltype.Theequationaboverepresentsasimplificationofthevariabilityofcarboncontentsinsoilthatexistsonregionalandnationalscales.Thesoilcarbonstockfortheoldlandusecategory(Cso)wasbasedoninformationfordifferentecosystemtypespresentedinthe2000IPCCreportonLandUse,LanduseChange,andForestry.117Thesoilcarbonstockforthenewlandusecategoryofsettlements(Csn)wasbasedonafractionofCso.Forforestlandandgrassland,thefractionwas0.5andforcropland,thefractionwas0.8.GuoandGifford(2002)observedthatlandusechangesofforestlandtocroplandandpasturelandtocroplandresultedinsoilcarbondecreasesof42 %and5 9%,respectively.118Theestimateforthisprojectassumesthattheconversionofforestlandorgrasslandtourbanlandisequivalenttoaconversiontocropland(boremoveexistingvegetationandcausesignificantsoildisturbance);therefore,GuoandGiffordsworksupportsthiseffortsestimationofa50%lossassociatedwiththisconversion.Itisestimatedthatsoilsunderforestsorgrasslandswillloseapproximately50%oftheoriginalorganiccarbonwhenthelandisconvertedtodevelopedland.Theselossesareaconsequenceofboththeremovalofsurfacesoils (to providesuitablebuildingfoundation)andnaturaloxidationwhenthesoilisgradedfollowingremovalofthevegetativecover.Lossesfromcroplandsareonlyexpectedtobe20%becausethesesoilsalreadyundergoperiodictillageandthemajorityofnaturaloxidationwillalreadyhaveoccurred.AliteraturereviewforthisprojectdidnotidentifyotherstudiescomparabletoGuoandGifford(2002)thatestimatedsoilcarbonlossesassociatedwithconvertingcroplandtourbanland.Therefore,the20%soilcarbonlossestimatefordevelopmentofcroplandintourbanlandisbasedonbestprofessionaljudgment.th...

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