New Zealand's Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Removals from Land Use & Land-use Change & Forestry (LULUCF)
This flowchart provides an indication of total emissions as reported in “New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 – 2006”
All numbers have been rounded. For the underlying data, please download the Common Report Format tables.
In 2006, net removals from LULUCF were 22.7 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt Co2-e).
Click on the flowchart to go the LULUCF section within the full inventory report.
HFCs, PFCs and SF6 = hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride.
Table 1: New Zealand's Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Removals from Land Use & Land-use Change & Forestry.
| Removals | Emissions | Carbon dioxide | Methane | Nitrous oxide | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (Mt CO2-e) | -24.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | <1 | <1 |
| Forestland biomass burning (%) | - | 1 | - | 39 | 13 |
| Forestland excluding biomass burning (%) | 98 | - | - | - | - |
| Cropland (%) | 2 | 1 | - | - | 67 |
| Grassland (%) | - | 45 | 45 | 61 | 20 |
| Wetland (%) | - | <1 | <1 | - | - |
| Settlements (%) | - | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| Other land (%) | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Other (Lime application) (%) | - | 44 | 46 | - | - |
