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Table 4 Percentage of emissions due to burning in African rangelands

From: Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sink potential in Eastern Africa rangeland ecosystems: A review

Sources Proportion of gas emissions (%)
Wildfires 57
Wood and charcoal making 36
Burning of crop residues 4
Land-use change 3
  1. Adopted from Scholes et al. (2011) and Valentini et al. (2014)
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