Land Cover > Change short fallow definition to remove 121 days minimum; add "set aside/abandoned" term
🌳 Feature Request
Background
- Currently we have a 121 days minimum limit on the duration of
Short fallow
. This comes from the IPCC SOC methods, but is arbitrary and too limiting in our context. - Additionally, we have a 5 year maximum on
Long fallow
(per FAOSTAT definition) but the IPCC SOC model considers even longer fallows or set asides of > 5 years.
Initial proposal
-
Remove the 121 days min limit on Short fallow
. -
Add a new term called "Set aside". We will need to be clear how this differs from "Other natural vegetation" however, and possibly we could simply say that it is cropland or pasture that is being prevented from revegetating? @fpayen to advise here.
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Edited by Florian Payen