reportLandUse

reports land-use

Usage

reportLandUse(gdx, level = "regglo")

Arguments

gdx

GDX file

level

The aggregation level to be used ("regglo" by default)

Value

land-use as MAgPIE object (million ha)

Total land cover variables

Name	Unit	Meta
Resources|Land Cover	million ha	Total land cover
Resources|Land Cover|Agricultural land	million ha	Agricultural land including cropland and pastures

Cropland variables

Name	Unit	Meta
Resources|Land Cover|+|Cropland	million ha	Arable land, i.e. land in bioenergy crop, food, and feed/fodder crops, permanent crops as well as other arable land (physical area)
Resources|Land Cover|Cropland|+|Croparea	million ha	Physical cropland area used for crop production
Resources|Land Cover|Cropland|+|Fallow	million ha	Fallow cropland
Resources|Land Cover|Cropland|+|Tree Cover	million ha	Trees on cropland for agroforestry

Pasture and urban variables

Name	Unit	Meta
Resources|Land Cover|+|Pastures and Rangelands	million ha	Pasture and range land based on FAO definition of permanent meadows and pastures
Resources|Land Cover|+|Urban Area	million ha	Built-up land associated with human settlements

Other natural land variables

Name	Unit	Meta
Resources|Land Cover|+|Other Land	million ha	Non-forest natural land including primary non-forest, restored and recovered natural land
Resources|Land Cover|Other Land|Initial	million ha	Primary non-forest natural land without clearly visible indications of human activities
Resources|Land Cover|Other Land|Recovered	million ha	Recovered natural land due to the abandonment of agricultural or forestry land without intention for nature/biodiversity conservation
Resources|Land Cover|Other Land|Restored	million ha	Intentionally restored natural land for the purpose of nature and/or biodiversity conservation

Forest variables

Name	Unit	Meta
Resources|Land Cover|+|Forest	million ha	Sum of primary, secondary and planted forest (FAO definition)
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|+|Natural Forest	million ha	Naturally regenerated forest including primary and secondary forest
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Natural Forest|+|Primary Forest	million ha	Naturally regenerated forest of native tree species where there are no clearly visible indications of human activities (FAO definition)
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Natural Forest|+|Secondary Forest	million ha	Forest predominantly composed of trees established through natural regeneration excluding primary forest (based on FAO definition)
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Natural Forest|Secondary Forest|Young	million ha	Young secondary forest
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Natural Forest|Secondary Forest|Mature	million ha	Mature secondary forest
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|+|Planted Forest	million ha	Forest predominantly composed of trees established through planting and/or deliberate seeding (FAO definition)
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Planted Forest|+|Plantations	million ha	Intensively managed planted forests with one or two species, even age class, and regular spacing (FAO definition)
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Planted Forest|Plantations|+|Timber	million ha	Plantations for timber production
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Planted Forest|Plantations|+|CO2-price AR	million ha	Reforestation and/or afforestation for carbon sequestration with non-native species and/or as monoculture plantation
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Planted Forest|+|Natural	million ha	Planted forest not classified as plantation forest
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Planted Forest|Natural|+|CO2-price AR	million ha	Reforestation and/or afforestation for carbon sequestration with native tree species resembling natural vegetation
Resources|Land Cover|Forest|Planted Forest|Natural|+|NPI_NDC AR	million ha	Afforestation/reforestation under national policies and NDC commitments

Author

Florian Humpenoeder, Kristine Karstens, Isabelle Weindl

Examples

  if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
    x <- reportLandUse(gdx)
  } # }