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Mitigation of greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions from biogenic sources and biomass activities associated to different vegetation land use requires know-how transfer to regional scientists to perform measurements and to establish appropriate emission inventories. The project has two-fold objectives: (1) to improve the capacity of scientists from the Mekong River Basin Sub-region in GHG and aerosol emission inventories by providing up-to-date information on different vegetation land use in the region and setting a GIS database of GHG and aerosol emissions from biogenic and biomass burning activities associated to the different vegetation land use of the region; and (2) to provide scientific information to policy makers for formulation and implementation of control strategies contributing to sustainable improvement of the regional air quality and on a global scale to global warming mitigation. The outcome of the project activities will contribute to ensure the involvement of countries from the region in the international effort to improve GHG and aerosol emission inventories, and ultimately to the regional sustainable development.