Greenhouse, land management and carbon sequestration in Western Australia

Authors

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
Department of Conservation and Land Management
Forest Products Commission
Department of Environment, Water and Catchment Protection

Publication Date

1-5-2003

DPIRD Collections

Natural resources

Series Number

18/2003

Abstract

This report examines options for greenhouse emissions abatement by changing land management practices and establishing terrestrial organic carbon sinks in Western Australia.It recommends the following priorities to the Greenhouse Task Force.? Expand the already successful Kyoto Protocol Article 3.3 plantations, as carbon sinks.? Determine the potential of Kyoto Protocol Article 3.4 sink activities (cropland management, grazing land management and revegetation) to contribute to carbon sequestration in Western Australia.

Number of Pages

35

Keywords

Western Australia, Climate Change, Land Management, Carbon

Recommended Citation

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Forest Products Commission, and Department of Environment, Water and Catchment Protection. (2003), Greenhouse, land management and carbon sequestration in Western Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Report 18/2003.