Annex 7.f Emissions from the land-use change and forestry sector
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Land-use change accounted for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2000, making it the second largest source of emissions, after the power sector. These emissions arise from a change in the management of land by humans, such as conversion of forests to pasture land. The following sections will explain the role of the land, that is plants and soils, in the natural carbon cycle, and how changes in the use of land by humans, can lead to such substantial emissions of carbon dioxide.
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