Carbon Sinks in the Post - Kyoto World :
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The Protocol specifically mentions emissions from sources and removals by sinks resulting from direct human-induced land-use change and forest related activities – deforestation, reforestation and afforestation – undertaken since 1990. However, the Protocol is silent on the role of other sinks in meeting national emission inventories. Agricultural land, for example, is mentioned as a possible carbon source which must be included in a country’s emission inventory (see Annex A of the Protocol), but there are no provisions for national credits for the buildup of the agricultural soil carbon sink. However, Article 3.4 of the Protocol appears to allow for expansion of recognized human-induced sink activities. Finally, the Protocol is largely silent on how such credits would be calculated or verified.
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