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 SOILS AND INDICATORS
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Climate change and carbon emissions -

Emissions of greenhouse gases contributes to global environmental change; it has been estimated that around 31% of the total Scottish emissions is due to Land Use Change and Forestry given the preponderance of organic soils in Scotland. Scottish soils contain around 4.5 m tonnes of carbon. 
This compares to 0.1 m tonnes in British vegetation 
and 7.9 m tonnes in the European tree stock.

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Forestry Potential | Increasing Biodiversity | Nitrate Vulnerable Zones

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Updated: 05 May 2010
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