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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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