Another key area of future research involves predicting the emissions profile after land conversions or other disturbances. The current literature offers only limited guidance in this regard. For example, all currently available assessments of emissions, including this one, posit that the different forms of land conversions in one location have similar emissions profiles. In reality, emissions will likely differ between, say, agricultural and urban development of mangroves. Emissions profiles of different forms of agriculture or mariculture may also differ, and further information on them would not only help estimate emissions but also configure land use changes, if otherwise unavoidable, to minimize emissions.