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... Carbondioxide(CO2)isabsorbedby landand vegetationthroughtheprocessofphotosynthesis.Thenetemissionsarenegative(sequestration) and substantial,offsettingapproximately884MMTCO2E,orapproximately13%oftotalemissionsin2006.114Thecarbonsequestration and storageprovidedby land canbepreservedthoughsustainable land managementpractices, and canbeenhancedbyrestorationof land, suchasreforestationofcontaminated land. Theemissionsestimateforthe land basedcarbonsinkisgivenbytheInventory.Specifically,Chapter7, Land Use, Land UseChange, and Forestry,providesanassessmentofthenetGHGfluxresultingfromtheuses and changesin land types and forestsintheU.S.,includingnetemissionsfromforestlandremainingforestland,croplandremainingcropland, land convertedtocropland,grasslandremaininggrassland, land convertedtograssland,settlementsremainingsettlements,landfillyardtrimmings, and ... Ton=Timeperiodoftransition,defaultis1yearforcarbonlossesAlthoughthisequationissimilartotheequationusedtoestimatecarbonlossesinDOM(seebelow),itisnotinaccordancewiththe2006IPCCGuidelines.Theguidelinesrecommendagreaterdegreeofdisaggregationof land usedatabyclimate and soiltype.Theequationaboverepresentsasimplificationofthevariabilityofcarboncontentsinsoilthatexistsonregional and nationalscales.Thesoilcarbonstockfortheold land usecategory(Cso)wasbasedoninformationfordifferentecosystemtypespresentedinthe2000IPCCreporton Land Use, Land useChange, and Forestry.117Thesoilcarbonstockforthenew land usecategoryofsettlements(Csn)wasbasedonafractionofCso.Forforestland and grassland,thefractionwas0.5 and forcropland,thefractionwas0.8.Guo and Gifford(2002)observedthat land usechangesofforestlandtocropland and pasturelandtocroplandresultedinsoilcarbondecreasesof42% and 59%,respectively.118Theestimateforthisprojectassumesthattheconversionofforestlandorgrasslandtourban land isequivalenttoaconversiontocropland(boremoveexistingvegetation and causesignificantsoildisturbance);therefore,Guo and Gifford’sworksupportsthiseffort’sestimationofa50%lossassociatedwiththisconversion.Itisestimatedthatsoilsunderforestsorgrasslandswillloseapproximately50%oftheoriginalorganiccarbonwhenthe land isconvertedtodeveloped land. Theselossesareaconsequenceofboththeremovalofsurfacesoils(toprovidesuitablebuildingfoundation) and naturaloxidationwhenthesoilisgradedfollowingremovalofthevegetativecover.Lossesfromcroplandsareonlyexpectedtobe20%becausethesesoilsalreadyundergoperiodictillage and themajorityofnaturaloxidationwillalreadyhaveoccurred.AliteraturereviewforthisprojectdidnotidentifyotherstudiescomparabletoGuo and Gifford(2002)thatestimatedsoilcarbonlossesassociatedwithconvertingcroplandtourban land. Therefore,the20%soilcarbonlossestimatefordevelopmentofcroplandintourban land isbasedonbestprofessionaljudgment.th ... REDUCINGORAVOIDINGGHGEMISSIONSTHROUGH LAND MANAGEMENTPRACTICES Land managementdescribeshowwemanage and use land toprovideopenspace and habitat,food,naturalresources, and placesforpeopletolive,work, and recreate.EPApromotesintegrated land managementstrategiesthatuse land asproductively and sustainablyaspossiblebypromotingsmartgrowth,preventing and minimizingtheoccurrenceofcontamination and bycleaningup,reusing, and restoringcontaminated land forbeneficialreusebycommunities.67AsdescribedinBox7, land managementhasthreekeycomponents: land protection,sustainable land use, andland revitalization.Similartothematerialsmanagementapproachesthatcanbeusedinthematerialflow, land managementapproachescanbeusedtoreduceGHGemissionsbyimprovingpracticeswithinoracrosseachofthesecomponents. Land protectionpracticeslimithowmuch land iscontaminatedeachyear.When land iscontaminated,itshouldbecleaneduptolevelsprotectiveofhumanhealth and theenvironment.Land...
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