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Institutional arrangements: Statistics Finland is responsible for Finland’s greenhouse gas inventory. Statistics Finland maintains agreements between the inventory unit and expert organizations that produce the emission estimates and maintain related documentation. The agreement between Statistics Finland and expert organizations define the division of responsibilities and tasks, including those related QA/QC. They also specify the procedures and schedules for the annual inventory process coordinated by Statistics Finland. All the expert organizations are represented in an inventory working group. The working group facilitates collaboration and communication between the inventory unit and the experts producing the estimates for the different reporting sectors, and ensures the implementation of the QA/QC and verification process of the inventory. The agriculture sector emissions inventory is compiled by Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), including estimates for enteric fermentation and both methane and nitrous oxide from manure management. LUKE is the agency that publishes livestock population data and other farm management data, such as animal weight, average daily weight gain, milk production per dairy cow and suckler cow, pregnancy, duration on pasture and manure management data. The resource for the participation of LUKE are channeled through the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry so that the data collected in the process of public administration duties can be used in the emission inventory.
During the inventory compilation, the calculation sheets and data related to inventory are stored in personal folders in the server maintained by the information services of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The folder structure is similar for each inventory year, which makes data management easier. A limited group of persons have access rights to the files. After the compilation, the results and relevant data reported to Statistics Finland and are archived in LUKE’s write-protected electronic archive.
Author: Andreas Wilkes, Values for development Ltd (2019)