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Terrestrial biosphere is rather intensively managed in Hungary resulting in more emissions than removals. The major sources of CO2 emissions are agricultural soils. CH4 and N2O emissions are released through management of agricultural soils, enteric fermentation, and manure management. Most CO2 removals occur in forests. All emissions and removals are estimated by adapting the various methodological guidances of IPCC. This chapter provides information on country-specific assumptions, data related to human-induced activities, and factors applied in the estimation. The estimates obtained demonstrate declining emissions over the period 1985–1995, fluctuating ones between 1996 and 2008, and varying degree of interannual variability.
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Somogyi, Z., Borka, Gy., Lovas, K., Zsembeli, J., 2010: Greenhouse gas emissions and removals in Hungary based on IPCC methodology – Terrestrial biosphere. In: Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: The Hungarian Perspective (Ed.: Haszpra, L.), pp. 345–365.
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Somogyi, Z., Borka, G., Lovas, K., Zsembeli, J. (2011). Terrestrial Biosphere. In: Haszpra, L. (eds) Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: The Hungarian Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9950-1_15
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