The Contribution of Rural Development Programmes in Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Italy

National inventory in the framework of the UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol as a tool for planning mitigation measures to be included in rural development strategies in Italy

“…To be also highlighted that the amount of biogas from animal manure has increased from 1.3 GWh to 88.4 GWh from 1991 to 2009 3 ; as a result, in the last years, the recovery of biogas has contributed with GHG emissions reductions (cóndor et al, 2008;MATTM, 2009;ISPRA, 2011). LULUCF is responsible for 94.7 Mt of CO 2 removals from the atmosphere in 2009 ( Figure 2).…”