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Table 7.1 Overall emission (Gg CO 2 ) from the LULUCF sector in Denmark, 1990-2003
GREENHOUSE
GAS SOURCE
AND SINK
CATEGORIES
166
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
CO 2 159.6 -107.7 -251.1 -461.2 -328.9 -230.2 -421.9 -445.0 -818.2 -865.5 1781.7 -1157.6 -1476.0 -1203.5
A. Forest Land -2830.7 -3007.9 -2998.7 -3210.0 -3098.6 -2987.7 -3063.4 -3155.1 -3312,2 -3306,3 -652,9 -3538,6 -3813,3 -3532,2
B. Cropland 2988.3 2.98.3 2745.6 2746.8 2767.8 2755.6 2639.6 2708.2 2492.2 2439.8 2437.8 2386.0 2344.3 2338.7
C. Grassland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
D. Wetlands 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.0 -3.3 -5.0 -7.0 -10.0
E. Settlements 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
F. Other Land 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
N O 2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
A. Forest Land 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
B. Cropland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
C. Grassland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
D. Wetlands 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
E. Settlements 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
F. Other Land 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
G. Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Land Use, Land-
Use Change and
Forestry (Gg CO2 equivalent)
159.7 -107.6 -251.0 -461.1 -328.8 -230.1 -421.8 -444.9 -818.1 -865.4 1781.7 -1157.5 -1476.0 -1203.4
7.2 Forest Land
7.2.1 Source category description
Danish forests cover only a small part of the country (11%) as the dominant land use in Denmark is
agriculture. Danish forests are managed as closed canopy forests. The main objective is to ensure
sustainable and multiple-use management. The main management system used to be the clear-cut
system. Today, principles of nature-based forest management including continuous cover forestry
are being implemented in many forest areas, e.g. the state forests (about ¼ of the forest area). Contrary
to the situation in the other Scandinavian countries, forestry does not contribute much to the
national economy.
The Danish Forest Act protects the main part of the forest area (about 80%) against conversion to
other land uses. In principle, the main part of the Danish forests will always remain forest. It is the
ambition to enlarge the forested area to 20-25% of the country size by the end of the 21 st century.
Afforestation of arable land is therefore encouraged by use of subsidies to private landowners.
Subsidized afforestation areas are automatically protected as forest reserves. Denmark is the only
part of the Kingdom with a forestry sector. Greenland and the Faroe Islands have almost no forest.
Since 1881, a Forestry Census has been carried out roughly every 10 years based on questionnaires
to forest owners (Larsen and Johannsen, 2002). The two latest censuses were carried out in 1990
and 2000. Since the data is based on questionnaires and not field observations, the forest definition
may vary slightly but the basic definition of a forest is that the forest area must be minimum 0.5 ha.
There is no specific guideline on the crown cover or the height of the trees. Open woodland and
open areas within the forest are not included.