Emissions from fire in sub-Saharan Africa: the magnitude of sources, their variability and uncertainty

  • 31/03/2011

  • Global Environmental Research

About half of the global gas and particle emissions to the atmosphere resulting from the burning of biomass originate from sub-Saharan Africa. There are four principal pathways: wildfires, the use of biomass fuels for energy, burning associated with deforestation and the burning of agricultural residues.