1. MAGHG: Monitoring and Assessment of GHG Emissions and Mitigation Potentials in Agriculture: Focus on GHG Emissions from organic soils
Riccardo Biancalani - MAGHG Team
Climate, Energy and Tenure Division
Statistics Division
MICCA Programme, FAO
Funded by:

2. Outline Context Introduction to the project
Peatlands assessment methodology
Global results
An eye on Indonesia
Mitigation initiative
Conclusions and follow up

3. Emissions share per sector, AR4, all gases
AFOLU 30%

4. Global greenhouse gas emissions 1970-2004
Source: IPCC 4th AR

5. Context - 1
Agriculture is a key emitter in developing countries, and a basis for climate mitigation relevant to food security and sustainable development goals
UNFCCC. Only 2-3 reports per country over the past 20 years (Indonesia 1999 and 2011/2012)
Starting in 2014, have to report bi-annually to UNFCCC
Need to improve capacity to collect and analyze data for assessing GHG emissions

6. Context - 2
NAMAs will need to be defined and detailed by many countries in order to meet their international mitigation commitments in line with sustainable use of their natural resources
This will require the development of increased national capacity, both technically and institutionally

7. FAOSTAT Emissions Database=
Database +
IPCC Guidelines

8. Addressing different needs
Global and regional assessments
Fill data gaps and build capacity: a bridging tool for many non-Annex I parties
Benchmarking and QA/QC analysis: internationally and neutral data platform for evaluation of national reporting
Develop indicators for further analysis: coherency within FAOSTAT data
Unlike for energy, no international agency regularly reports for GHG agriculture

9. FAOSTAT Emissions Database: In country Sectoral Comparisons: 2010
g G CO2 eq/yr

10. Cultivated organic soils
DOMAIN
CATEGORY
Agriculture
Enteric Fermentation
Rice Cultivation
Manure Management
Agricultural soils
Synthetic Fertilizers
Manure applied to soils
Manure left on pasture
Crop residues
Cultivated organic soils
Biomass burning
Function of:
Annual area of managed/drained soils
Land cover
Climate
Gas emitted:
N2O, CO2

11. Definition IPCC/FAO (Histosols):
Thickness of organic horizon greater than or equal to 10 cm. A horizon of less than 20 cm must have 12% or more organic carbon when mixed to a depth of 20 cm.
Soils that are never saturated with water for more than a few days must contain more than 20% organic carbon by weight (i.e., about 35 percent organic matter).
Soils are subject to water saturation episodes and has either:
a. At least 12 percent organic carbon by weight (i.e., about 20 percent organic matter) if the soil has no clay; or
b. At least 18 percent organic carbon by weight (i.e., about 30 percent organic matter) if the soil has 60% or more clay; or
c. An intermediate, proportional amount of organic carbon for intermediate amounts of clay.

12. Utilization of geo-referenced data
Organic Soils (Histosols):
- Harmonized World Soil Database (FAO, IIASA, ISRIC, CAS, JRC )
Cultivated (cropped) areas:
- GLC 2000 (currently exploring MODIS )
Climatic zones:
- JRC map, 2010, according to IPCC prescriptions

13. World map of Histosols

14. Top ten countries

15. World distribution of cultivated histosols

16. Map of cultivated organic soils of Indonesia

17. Total Emissions: ~855 Mt CO2eq
FAOSTAT Emissions Database: Global emissions from cultivated organic soils
2010 Emissions (Tons/y)
CO2
N2O - CO2 eq
756,075,190
99,183,920
Total Emissions: ~855 Mt CO2eq

18. FAOSTAT Emissions Database: Top ten emitters for cultivated organic soils

19. MAGHG Capacity Development
Support developing countries assess and report their GHG emissions from agriculture, including assessment of mitigation options for identification of National actions (NAMAs) that can also lead to improvements in long term agricultural productivity, enhancing food security and increasing environmental sustainability.

20. Online community for all interested – contact micca@fao.org
Global 'Organic soils and peatlands climate change mitigation initiative'
Aims: reduce emissions from peatlands & safeguard the other vital ecosystem services peatlands provide.
Informal network
Online community for all interested – contact
started in Durban, 2011 by FAO & Wetlands International
The current members are international organizations from peatland research [to advocacy ], not all the organizations involved have yet become official members, many are part of our online community of practice
organizations involved

21. The poster guides in decisions for management of peatlands

22. Key resources Updates: grazing on peatlands options for financing
options for MRV
Download:
climatechange/micca/peat
Executive summary
Get more copies from
This is already the 2nd edition.
This new edition has additional information about grazing on peatlands, and includes updates on options for financing as well as measuring, reporting and verifying emissions and emission reductions

23. FAOSTAT Emissions Database
Key resources
FAOSTAT Emissions Database =
Database +
IPCC Guidelines

24. Conclusions
Indonesia is by far the larger emitter from degraded peatlands
This means that there is wide scope for mitigation actions, including improved management and conservation of the remaining peatlands
FAO MICCA/MAGHG supports capacity development on:
Data production and management/faostat
Definition of NAMAs in pilot countries

25. Next Steps
FAO, with the MICCA program and the MAGHG project, has the resources to enter into a collaboration on:
The exchange of information for the improvement of data and mapping needed for national reporting, including use and improvement of FAOSTAT GHG
The development of technical and institutional capacity for the production of the national reports (BUR) to the UNFCCC
The identification of activities aimed at the implementation of the nationally established NAMAs

26. Thank you Terima kasih Riccardo.Biancalani@fao.org MAGHG@fao.org