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Current status and construction of a standard system for greenhouse gas emission mitigation and carbon sequestration in agricultural and rural areas of China
Received:August 11, 2022  
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KeyWord:agricultural and rural area;greenhouse gas(GHG);emission mitigation;carbon sequestration;standard system
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HUO Lili Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Green Agriculture in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
Center for Carbon Neutrality in Agriculture and Rural Region, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China 
 
YAO Zonglu Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Green Agriculture in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
Center for Carbon Neutrality in Agriculture and Rural Region, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China 
yaozonglu@163.com 
ZHAO Lixin Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Green Agriculture in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
Center for Carbon Neutrality in Agriculture and Rural Region, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China 
 
LUO Juan Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Green Agriculture in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
Center for Carbon Neutrality in Agriculture and Rural Region, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China 
 
ZHANG Peizhen Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Green Agriculture in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
Center for Carbon Neutrality in Agriculture and Rural Region, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China 
 
ZHANG Xinyi Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Green Agriculture in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
Center for Carbon Neutrality in Agriculture and Rural Region, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China 
 
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Abstract:
      Agriculture activities and rural areas are important sources of greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions, and are important for carbon sequestration and exchange enhancement. However, agricultural and rural areas in China continue to face problems, such as unclear carbon mitigation and sequestration base, imperfect monitoring methods and standard accounting systems, and lack of guidance for certification. Therefore, establishing a standard technical system for agricultural and rural carbon mitigation and sequestration, emphasizing the basic and leading role of the standards, and improving the technical level and management efficiency is urgently necessary. This study focused on the relevant carbon emission standards, carbon emission mitigation, and carbon sequestration in agricultural and rural areas both in China and abroad. Moreover, the current status and existing problems of the standards were analyzed. Finally, an idea and overall framework for establishing the agricultural and rural emission mitigation and carbon sequestration standard system were developed. The formulation and implementation of standards in key areas were accelerated. A number of national, industrial and local standards focusing on major fields as "emission sources" such as methane in rice fields, nitrous oxide in farmland, methane in ruminants' intestines, management of livestock and poultry manure, open burning of straw and rural domestic energy, "carbon source" in farmland and fishery, and substitution of renewable energy for "emission mitigation sources" were compiled. Suggestions on standard system construction have been proposed, which provide technical support for promoting the establishment and improvement of a unified technical specification system for carbon emission data monitoring and measurement, accounting, reporting, and verification in agricultural and rural areas, and promoting the green development of agricultural and rural areas.