LULUCF : Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry

Following specific activities related to the LULUCF sector will be the only admissible "sink" activities during the first commitment period (2008-2012) of the Kyoto Protocol:

afforestation, reforestation and deforestation (taking into account eligibility criteria defined by the protocol);
forest management, cropland management, grazing land management and revegetation (added to the eligible LULUCF activities by the Marrakech Agreements).

Each tonne of CO_2-equivalent removed from the atmosphere through these eligible sink activities give a right to one Removal Unit (RMU).

Any greenhouse gas emissions from eligible activities, in turn, must be offset by greater emission cuts or removals elsewhere.

(http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/background/items/3145.php)

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