In the context of national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 2019), LULUCF is a GHG inventory sector that covers...
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Land not classified as “Forest”, spanning more than 0.5 hectares; with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of 5-10 percent, or trees able to reach these...
Land used permanently (for five years or more) to grow herbaceous forage crops, through cultivation (sown) or naturally (self-seeded), and that is not included in the crop rotation...
Impact category related to use (occupation) and conversion (transformation) of land area by activities such as agriculture, roads, housing, mining, etc. Land occupation considers the effects...
Land is a term widely used throughout the world but definitions are not frequently given. The interdepartmental working group on land use planning (IDWG-LUP) at FAO proposed...
Indirect land use change (‘ILUC’) can occur when land previously devoted to food or feed production is converted to produce biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels...
It is the part of the cropped area that is harvested. It can, therefore, be equal to or less than the cropped area. EU, 2009a, Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European...
The NGOs Iles de Paix, SOS-Faim and Autre Terre launched a study on the limitations of land sparing for the environment and for food security and nutrition. FAO, Biovision and the Agroecology Coalition...
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Hectares of all arable land either included in the crop rotation system or maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC), whether worked or not, but which will...
BIP Webinar | EU-wide potential assessment for feedstock production on marginal and contaminated land
This webinar of the Biomethane Industrial Partnership promises a comprehensive exploration of the EU-wide potential assessment for feedstock production on marginal and contaminated lands.