Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria

Nigeria is one of the 13 low-latitude countries that have significant biomass burning activities. Biomass burning occurs in moist savanna, dry forests, and forest plantations. Fires in the forest zone are associated with slash-and-burn agriculture; the areal extent of burning is estimated to be 80%...

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मुख्य लेखकों: Isichei, A. O, Muoghalu, J. I., Akeredolu, F. A, Afolabi, O. A.
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Muoghalu, J. I.
Akeredolu, F. A
Afolabi, O. A.
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Muoghalu, J. I.
Akeredolu, F. A
Afolabi, O. A.
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description Nigeria is one of the 13 low-latitude countries that have significant biomass burning activities. Biomass burning occurs in moist savanna, dry forests, and forest plantations. Fires in the forest zone are associated with slash-and-burn agriculture; the areal extent of burning is estimated to be 80% of the natural savanna. In forest plantations, close to 100% of litter is burned. Current estimates of emissions from land-use change are based on a 1976 national study and extrapolations from it. The following non-carbon dioxide (CO,) trace gas emissions were calculated from savanna burning: methane (CH,), 145 gigagrams (Gg); carbon monoxide (CO), 3831 Gg; nitrous oxide (N,O), 2 Gg; and nitrogen oxides (NO,), 49 Gg. Deforestation rates in forests and woodlands are 300 x 103 ha (kilohectare, or kha) and 200 x kha per year, respectively. Trace gas emissions from deforestation were estimated to be 300 Gg CH,. 2.4 Gg N,O. and 24 Gg NO,. CO, emissions from burning, decay of biomass, and long-term emissions from soil totaled 125 561 Gg. These estimates should be viewed as preliminary, because greenhouse gas emission inventories from burning, deforestation, and landuse change require two components: fuel load and emission factors. Fuel load is dependent on the areal extent of various land uses, and the biomass stocking and some of these data in Nigeria are highly uncertain.
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spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-33362023-05-13T11:09:51Z Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria Isichei, A. O Muoghalu, J. I. Akeredolu, F. A Afolabi, O. A. Ecoclimatic zones Savannas Wildfires Dry forest fires Humid savanna fires Forest plantation fires Savanna burning Land-use change Forestry Biomass burning Nigeria is one of the 13 low-latitude countries that have significant biomass burning activities. Biomass burning occurs in moist savanna, dry forests, and forest plantations. Fires in the forest zone are associated with slash-and-burn agriculture; the areal extent of burning is estimated to be 80% of the natural savanna. In forest plantations, close to 100% of litter is burned. Current estimates of emissions from land-use change are based on a 1976 national study and extrapolations from it. The following non-carbon dioxide (CO,) trace gas emissions were calculated from savanna burning: methane (CH,), 145 gigagrams (Gg); carbon monoxide (CO), 3831 Gg; nitrous oxide (N,O), 2 Gg; and nitrogen oxides (NO,), 49 Gg. Deforestation rates in forests and woodlands are 300 x 103 ha (kilohectare, or kha) and 200 x kha per year, respectively. Trace gas emissions from deforestation were estimated to be 300 Gg CH,. 2.4 Gg N,O. and 24 Gg NO,. CO, emissions from burning, decay of biomass, and long-term emissions from soil totaled 125 561 Gg. These estimates should be viewed as preliminary, because greenhouse gas emission inventories from burning, deforestation, and landuse change require two components: fuel load and emission factors. Fuel load is dependent on the areal extent of various land uses, and the biomass stocking and some of these data in Nigeria are highly uncertain. 2014-03-10T12:13:19Z 2018-10-29T10:59:53Z 2014-03-10T12:13:19Z 2018-10-29T10:59:53Z 1995 Article Isichei, A. O.; Muoghalu, J. I.; Akeredolu, F. A. and Afolabi, O. A. (1995). Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 38. http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3336 en PDF application/pdf Nigeria Kluwer
spellingShingle Ecoclimatic zones
Savannas
Wildfires
Dry forest fires
Humid savanna fires
Forest plantation fires
Savanna burning
Land-use change
Forestry
Biomass burning
Isichei, A. O
Muoghalu, J. I.
Akeredolu, F. A
Afolabi, O. A.
Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria
title Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria
title_full Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria
title_fullStr Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria
title_short Fuel Characteristics and Emissions from Biomass Burning and Land-Use Change in Nigeria
title_sort fuel characteristics and emissions from biomass burning and land use change in nigeria
topic Ecoclimatic zones
Savannas
Wildfires
Dry forest fires
Humid savanna fires
Forest plantation fires
Savanna burning
Land-use change
Forestry
Biomass burning
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