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Emissions from fire in sub-Saharan Africa: the magnitude of sources, their variability and uncertainty [1]

About half of the global gas and particle emissions to the atmosphere resulting from the burning of biomass originate from sub-Saharan Africa. There are four principal pathways: wildfires, the use of biomass fuels for energy, burning associated with deforestation and the burning of agricultural residues.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2011
Robert J Scholes [2], Sally Archibald [3], Graham von Maltitz [4]
Global Environmental Research [5]
15
1
53-63
Tags:
Forest Fires [6], Africa [7], Land Use [8], Agriculture [9], Firewood [10], Carbon Dioxide [11], Biomass [12], Aerosols [13], Crop Residues [14], Farm Residues [15], Air Pollution [16], Climate Change [17], Atmosphere [18], Rainfall Pattern [19]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/robert-j-scholes
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sally-archibald
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/graham-von-maltitz
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/global-environmental-research
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/firewood
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aerosols
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-residues
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farm-residues
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern