Integrative assessment of disturbance and land-use change on total greenhouse gas balance and nutrient cycling in savanna ecosystems

预计气候变化和变异将对北部地区的环境和经济产生影响。该项目将使气候变化-土地利用模型，如国家碳核算系统的NT具体校准。北部地区政府将有机会获得一个高质量的数据库和校准模型有关的温室气体排放作为一个功能的土地利用变化。该项目将改善温室气体的估计和管理，并为北部地区提供一个基础，以潜在地利用未来的碳交易倡议或温室气体减排计划，因为将提供描述排放量随土地使用而变化的基本数据。鉴于澳大利亚稀树草原生物群落的规模，这具有国家意义。

Climate change and variability is expected to have an impact on the NT environment and economy. This project will enable NT specific calibrations of climate variability-land use models, such as the National Carbon Accounting System. The NT Government will have access to a high quality database and calibrated models relating to greenhouse gas emissions as a function of land use change. The project will improve estimates and management of GHG and provide a basis for the NT to potentially exploit future carbon-trading initiatives or GHG abatement schemes as fundamental data describing emissions as a function of land use will be available. This is of national significance given the size of the savanna biome in Australia.