Full paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.130
Summary: This study compared the carbon (C) balance reported by (i) national inventories that followed the simplified method (Tier 1) of IPCC (1996/2006), with (ii) an alternative estimation derived from the meta-analysis of science-based, peer-reviewed data. Results show that the potential for grasslands to sequester carbon is large and unaccounted for in standard IPCC models. “Our results show that grazing lands generate C surpluses that could not only offset rural emissions, but could also partially or totally offset the emissions of non-rural sectors. The potential of grazing lands to sequester and store soil C should be reconsidered in order to improve assessments in future GHG inventory reports.”
Citation: Viglizzo EF, Ricard MF, Taboada MA, Vázquez-Amábile G. Reassessing the role of grazing lands in carbon-balance estimations: Meta-analysis and review. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Apr 15;661:531-542. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.130. Epub 2019 Jan 15. PMID: 30682606.
