FAOSTAT Emissions Totals data provides methane (CH4) emissions estimates from fires in humid tropical forests. Estimates are computed at IPCC Tier 1, available by country with global coverage from 1961 to 2019, with some projections to 2030 and 2050. The dataset is produced by the FAO and updated annually.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in country-level CH4 emissions from humid tropical forest fires over the 1961-2019 period.
- Model future CH4 emissions projections for 2030 and 2050 based on historical fire data.
- Compare CH4 emissions from forest fires against other agricultural and land-use emission categories within the FAOSTAT domain.
- Calculate aggregate CO2 equivalent emissions using IPCC AR5 global warming potentials applied to the kilotonne CH4 estimates.
Strengths
- Global country-level coverage for a 58-year period (1961–2019).
- Data computed using standardized IPCC Tier 1 methodology for consistency.
- Includes future projections (2030, 2050) for some emission categories.
Limitations
- Specific row count and column details for the forest fire subset are unknown.
- Data for some categories may only cover 1990–2019, creating inconsistent time series.
- Relies on Tier 1 IPCC methodology, which may lack country-specific emission factors.
Provenance
- Source
- FAOSTAT Emissions Totals domain, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- Collection Method
- Computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
- Time Range
- 1961–2019 with projections to 2030 and 2050 for some categories; 1990–2019 for others.
- Freshness
- Updated annually.
- Geography
- Global, by country.