Table 1 Mean early dry season (EDS), late dry season (LDS) and total emissions for 10 West African savanna countries (>600 mm rainfall per year) generating greater than 50,000 tCO2-e yr−1 LDS (data originates from Lipsett-Moore et al. 2018).
From: Response to: Problems and promises of savanna fire regime change
No | Country | Mean EDS tCO2-e | % | Mean LDS tCO2-e | % | Total tCO2-e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Burkina Faso | 566,833 | 81 | 136,732 | 19 | 703,566 |
2 | Senegal | 738,830 | 77 | 218,938 | 23 | 957,768 |
3 | Benin | 1,023,387 | 75 | 341,300 | 25 | 1,364,687 |
4 | Togo | 476,413 | 63 | 278,359 | 37 | 754,772 |
5 | Ghana | 1,566,081 | 60 | 1,055,595 | 40 | 2,621,676 |
6 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1,408,080 | 50 | 1,402,683 | 50 | 2,810,763 |
7 | Mali | 700,574 | 41 | 1,021,034 | 59 | 1,721,608 |
8 | Nigeria | 381,538 | 11 | 3,153,920 | 89 | 3,535,458 |
9 | Sierra Leone | 45,213 | 8 | 526,922 | 92 | 572,135 |
10 | Guinea-Bissau | 24,875 | 7 | 344,745 | 93 | 369,620 |
Total | 6,931,824 | 45 | 8,480,229 | 55 | 15,412,053 |
