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UTCATF [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Climate Change
  • Silviculture
DEF

A greenhouse gas inventory sector that covers emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from direct human-induced land use, land-use change and forestry activities.

CONT

In terms of growth in total anthropogenic GHG emissions without Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), Canada ranks eighth among the Annex I Parties, with an increase in emissions of 17.4% over the 1990–2010 period, and ranks first among the G8 countries.

OBS

land-use, land-use change and forestry; LULUCF: term and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the National Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Changements climatiques
  • Sylviculture
OBS

affectation des terres, changement d’affectation des terres et foresterie; ATCATF : terme et abréviation normalisés par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre du Rapport d’inventaire national.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Gestión y política agrícola
  • Cambio climático
  • Silvicultura
CONT

El sector uso de la tierra, cambios de uso de la tierra y silvicultura (UTCUTS) se centra en las emisiones y absorciones de CO2 que se producen como resultado de los cambios del uso y la gestión de la tierra. [...] Los principales causantes de las absorciones son los incrementos de la biomasa en las plantaciones forestales y en los renovales de bosque nativo.

Key term(s)
  • uso de la tierra, cambio de uso de la tierra y silvicultura
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Record 2 2006-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

Projects such as reforestation schemes involving activities in the LULUCF [Land use, land-use change and forestry] sector must conform to the [Kyoto] Protocol's wider rules on this sector ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
  • Mesures antipollution
CONT

[...] les projets de reboisement comprenant des activités UTCATF [Utilisation des terres, changement d’affectation des terres et foresterie], doivent respecter les règles générales établies pour ce secteur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Air Pollution
DEF

A unit derived from a country's sink activities that result in a net removal of greenhouse gases.

CONT

RMU: Removal Unit. The Marrakesh Accords introduced the RMU as part of a Party's assigned amount generated from domestic sinks activities within Annex 1. Under the [Kyoto] Protocol, accounting for carbon sequestration activities is handled on the assigned amount side of the ledger rather than the inventory side. For example, if a Party has a net sink of 30 MT [metric ton], then it "issues" 30 MT of RMUs rather than subtracting 30 MT from its inventory of total emissions.

OBS

RMUs cannot be banked for future commitment periods.

OBS

A removal unit (RMU) can be issued for each tonne of greenhouse gases removed from the atmosphere through LULUCF [land use, land-use change and forestry] activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Pollution de l'air
CONT

UA : unité d’absorption. Conformément aux Accords de Marrakech, il s’agit de crédits découlant d’activités nationales visant à renforcer les absorptions par les puits dans les pays de l’annexe 1. Le Protocole de Kyoto aborde la comptabilisation des activités de séquestration du carbone par les quantités attribuées plutôt que par les inventaires. Par exemple, si une Partie comptabilise des absorptions nettes par les puits de 30 tm [tonne métrique], elle «délivre» 30 tm d’UA au lieu de soustraire cette quantité de son inventaire d’émissions globales.

OBS

Ces unités ne peuvent être gardées en banque pour des périodes d’engagement ultérieures.

OBS

Une unité d’absorption peut être délivrée pour chaque tonne de gaz à effet de serre absorbée dans l'atmosphère par le biais d’activités UTCATF [Utilisation des terres, changement d’affection des terres et foresterie].

Spanish

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