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Table 3 The main adjustments made to align the Global EO forest definitions with the Brazilian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGHGI)

From: Mind the gap: reconciling tropical forest carbon flux estimates from earth observation and national reporting requires transparency

Removals (R)/emissions (E)

Flux in…

IPCC category

No adjustment

Adjustment 1

Adjustment 2a

Adjustment 2b

Adjustment 2c

Primary forest

Approx. equal to forest land remaining forest land

R:

E:

R: ✗

E:

R: NA

E: NA

R: NA

E: NA

R: NA

E: NA

Non-managed old-growth

Forest land remaining forest land

R:

E:

R:NA

E: NA

R:✗

E:✗

R:✗

E:

R:✗

E:✗

Managed old-growth

Forest land remaining forest land

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

Secondary forest & plantation

Forest land remaining forest land

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:✗

E:✗

Secondary forest & plantation

Other land converted to forest land

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

Plantation (tree crops)

Cropland remaining cropland

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:✗

E:✗

Plantation (tree crops)

Other land converted to cropland

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:✗

E:✗

Other managed land

Forest land converted to other land

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:

E:

R:✗

E:

R:✗

E:

  1. Adjustments have been broken down into gross removals (R) and gross emissions (E) in different forests type and how these are considered according to the IPCC categories. Ticks indicate that the flux was included in the adjustment, crosses indicate that the flux was excluded in the adjustment