AFOLU Key Elements
This web site represents the Information System of the Project GHG AFOLU. Its aim is to offer data, models and other tools to promote transparent, complete, consistent and comparable greenhouse gas estimates for the AFOLU sector in Europe.
Target users are both greenhouse gas inventory practitioners and scientists.
In particular, the AFOLU DATA information system provides:
an overview on climate change related policy and bodies, with special attention to the European level and to the AFOLU sector;
information on research projects aimed at understanding and quantifying the GHG balance of European terrestrial ecosystems and the associated uncertainty at different scales;
a collection of databases and tools for the assessment of GHG fluxes in the AFOLU sector in Europe, using different methods and at different scales; most of the database are downloadable and updatable.
The information given on this webpage originates from a large variety of sources. Contributing Authors and Institutions are acknowledged on the respective pages.
The
mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and
technical support for the conception, development, implementation and
monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the
JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the
Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common
interest of the Member States, while being independent of special
interests, whether private or national. 
