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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11037.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations


CDM

Clean Development Mechanism Kyoto Protocol

CMR

carbon management response

COP

Conference of the Parties

CTIC

Conservation Technology Information Center


ED

Ecosystem Demography

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


FACTS

Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FIA

Forest Inventory and Analysis (U.S. Forest Service)


GPP

gross primary production

Gt

gigaton


ha

hectare


IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change


LULUCF

land use, land use change, and forestry


Mg

megagram

Mt

megatons


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NEE

net ecosystem exchange

NEP

net ecosystem production

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11037.
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NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPP

net primary production

NRI

National Resource Inventory


Pg

petagram

ppm

parts per million


SBSTA

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice


Tg

teragram


UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USD

A U.S. Department of Agriculture

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey


yr

year

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11037.
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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11037.
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Human-induced climate change is an important environmental issue worldwide, as scientific studies increasingly demonstrate that human activities are changing the Earth’s climate. Even if dramatic reductions in emissions were made today, some human-induced changes are likely to persist beyond the 21st century. The Kyoto Protocol calls for emissions reporting that separates out management-induced changes in greenhouse gases from those changes caused by indirect human effects (e.g., carbon dioxide fertilization, nitrogen deposition, or precipitation changes), natural effects, and past practices on forested agricultural lands.

This book summarizes a September 2003 workshop where leaders from academia, government and industry came together to discuss the current state of scientific understanding on quantifying direct human-induced change in terrestrial carbon stocks and related changes in greenhouse gas emissions and distinguishing these changes from those caused by indirect and natural effects.

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