The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry
(SR-LULUCF) has been prepared in response to a request from
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
Advice (SBSTA). At its eighth session in Bonn, Germany, 2–12
June 1998, the SBSTA requested a report examining the scientific
and technical implications of carbon sequestration
strategies related to land use, land-use change, and forestry
activities. The scope, structure, and outline of this Special
Report was approved by the IPCC in plenary meetings during
its Fourteenth Session.