Download Improving accounting of emissions from drained Organic Soils

The aim of this project is to provide a pathway that enables New Zealand to implement the 2013 WS

methodology for drained Organic Soils. The objectives were to:

1 review spatial data to inform the current and 1990 extent of Organic Soils, and review classification

approaches and their implications

2 review approaches to estimating current and 1990 activity data for Organic Soil areas, including

nutrient status, drainage depth, and land-use class

3 review IPCC emission factors and existing greenhouse gas measurement studies from Organic Soils

in New Zealand, and examine the ability to derive New Zealand / region-specific emission factors

based on these data

4 provide recommendations to implement the 2013 WS at a minimum level and make recommendations

for where future research should be prioritised to improve emission estimates for drained Organic

Soils in New Zealand on the basis of the highest sources of emissions and/or the highest sources of

uncertainty