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MetricLand-management emissions

Land-management net biogenic CO2 emissions

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports net biogenic carbon dioxide emissions from annual land carbon-stock change by scope, category and carbon pool.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period used for the Land Sector and Removals inventory
Aggregation
Aggregate only compatible, non-overlapping observations with the same boundary, scope, category, unit and source-defined method.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Land-management emissions
Controlled domain
Nature, biodiversity and land
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Covered land-management carbon pools within the applicable organizational or value-chain boundary, separate from gross land fluxes and product emissions.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Page 54, Requirement 14 | Page 111, Requirement 31, land-emissions subcategories | Page 53, Chapter 9, Section 9.1, first bullet | Page 20, Requirement 4 | Page 112, Requirement 32 | PDF p. 52, Introduction to Chapters 9 and 10, Chapter 9 accounting subcategory | PDF page 18, Figure 4.1
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  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 54, Requirement 14
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    page 111, Requirement 31, land-emissions subcategories | Page 111, Requirement 31, land-emissions subcategories
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  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 53, Chapter 9, Section 9.1, first bullet
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 20, Requirement 4
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    page 112, Requirement 32 | Page 112, Requirement 32
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    PDF p. 52, Introduction to Chapters 9 and 10, Chapter 9 accounting subcategory
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    PDF page 18, Figure 4.1
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Current-in-force package: Revised Edition 2004 with operative and conditional supplements through August 2026
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 73, section 9.3, second bullet
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  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Current-in-force package: Revised Edition 2004 with operative and conditional supplements through August 2026
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 71, Chapter 9, section 9.2, Minimum, best practice, recommendations for reporting agricultural GHG fluxes
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period used for the Land Sector and Removals inventory

Unit meaning: Each field uses its source-defined unit and retains the applicable scope, category, land-sector method and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Scope/category
  • Land category
  • Carbon pool
  • Net CO2 emissions
  • Unit
  • Method

Published dimensions

  • Scope
  • Scope 3 category
  • Land-use category
  • Carbon pool
  • Geography

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. Source occurrences are consolidated into the land-management-net-biogenic-co2-emissions structured result while preserving required dimensions and accounting boundaries.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 27 August 2026

    Land Sector and Removals Standard

    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Locator
    Page 54, Requirement 14 | Page 111, Requirement 31, land-emissions subcategories | Page 53, Chapter 9, Section 9.1, first bullet | Page 20, Requirement 4 | Page 112, Requirement 32 | PDF p. 52, Introduction to Chapters 9 and 10, Chapter 9 accounting subcategory | PDF page 18, Figure 4.1

    Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Land-management net biogenic CO2 emissions”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Land Sector and Removals Standard, Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027.

  • Net stock-change method
  • Scope/category
  • Carbon pools
  • Spatial boundary and uncertainty

Record-specific limitations

  • Net land-management emissions cannot include product carbon storage.
  • Gross flux disclosures remain separate.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.