Are greenhouse gas fluxes lower from ley or perennial fallow than from arable organic soils? A systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cultivated peatlands are widespread in temperate and boreal climate zones. For example, in Europe about 15% of the pristine peatland area have been lost through drainage for agricultural use. When drained, these organic soils are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To reach climate goals, the agricultural sector must reduce its GHG emissions, and one measure that has been discussed is changing land use from cropland to ley production or perennial green fallow. This management change leads to lower reported emissions, at least when using the IPCC default emission factors (EF) for croplands and grasslands on organic soils (IPCC 2014). However, there was a limited background dataset available for developing the EFs, and other variables than management af

SUBMITTER: Holzknecht A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378765 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature