Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany

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Autor(a) principal: Achieng, Annette
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/93644
Resumo: Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies
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spelling Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in GermanyCarbon sequestrationInVEST modelGeographic Information SystemsTerrSet’s Land Change ModellerDissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geospatial TechnologiesUsing carbon sequestration as an indicator for environmental health, it is possible to assess whether a country is on its way to achieving carbon neutrality in the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. A great deal of research has been conducted to find out whether there is a relationship between LULC and carbon sequestration. In this paper we explore several scenarios and compare how much carbon would be stored under each of them. In addition, this research aims to find out how best the LULUCF sector can contribute towards a country’s goals in achieving carbon neutrality. This was conducted using two models; Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model, which calculates the amount of carbon stored in a landscape and TerrSet’s Land Change Modeller, which uses a combination of neural networks and CA Markov to project future Land Use Land Cover (LULC) scenarios. From the documentation of the carbon trend over the 28-year period using the InVEST model, the study finds that between the years of 1990 and 2018, the amount of carbon stored increased by 0.15%. Under the Business as Usual scenario projection there is an increase of 0.22% by the year 2048. In the development scenario we see a decrease of 0.96% and finally in the two conservation scenarios the carbon stock increases by 4.16% and 0.41% respectively. These results suggest that the scenario which would be most beneficial to Germany would be the first conservation scenario. The results of this study highlight the importance of the LULUCF sector in mitigating climate change. Therefore, they can be used to provide informed decision making to spatial planners and land management stakeholders during the development of future land use planning policies.Cabral, Pedro da Costa BritoVerstegen, JudithOliver, Sergi TrillesRUNAchieng, Annette2020-03-02T19:16:33Z2020-02-272020-02-27T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/93644TID:202456900enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:41:56Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/93644Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:37:48.329983Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany
title Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany
spellingShingle Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany
Achieng, Annette
Carbon sequestration
InVEST model
Geographic Information Systems
TerrSet’s Land Change Modeller
title_short Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany
title_full Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany
title_fullStr Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany
title_full_unstemmed Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany
title_sort Effect of land use land cover changes on carbon sequestration in Germany
author Achieng, Annette
author_facet Achieng, Annette
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Cabral, Pedro da Costa Brito
Verstegen, Judith
Oliver, Sergi Trilles
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Achieng, Annette
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Carbon sequestration
InVEST model
Geographic Information Systems
TerrSet’s Land Change Modeller
topic Carbon sequestration
InVEST model
Geographic Information Systems
TerrSet’s Land Change Modeller
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