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Table 4.

African least developed countries (LDCs) suitable for piloting EDS savanna burning where LDS emissions >50,000 tCO₂-e yr⁻¹ and Protected Areas>1000 km²

Country	Mean EDS (tCO₂-e yr⁻¹)	%	Mean LDS (tCO₂-e yr⁻¹)	%	Mean total (tCO₂-e yr⁻¹)	Mean diff (tCO₂-e yr⁻¹)	PAs >1000 km² (N)	Total area of PAs >1000 km²
Congo DRC	15,984,653	38	26,217,522	62	42,202,175	10,232,869	11	111,468
Angola	8,668,539	26	24,361,431	74	33,029,970	15,692,892	6	43,419
Central African Republic	2,283,416	11	19,391,928	89	21,675,344	17,108,511	12	84,014
Zambia	2,801,045	14	17,293,619	86	20,094,664	14,492,575	44	169,939
Mozambique	6,073,121	39	9,417,789	61	15,490,910	3,344,668	19	76,585
Sudan	8,854,451	65	4,756,153	35	13,610,604	−4,098,299	10	71,632
Tanzania	1,926,648	19	7,958,423	81	9,885,071	6,031,774	38	262,369
Guinea	1,622,061	37	2,734,593	63	4,356,654	1,112,532	4	40,380
Ethiopia	1,156,666	34	2,248,009	66	3,404,675	1,091,343	21	88,659
Uganda	1,037,038	45	1,281,073	55	2,318,111	244,035	6	11,317
Mali	700,574	41	1,021,034	59	1,721,608	320,460	2	11,815
Benin	1,023,387	75	341,300	25	1,364,687	−682,087	10	22,633
Senegal	738,830	77	218,938	23	957,768	−519,892	4	13,455
Togo	476,413	63	278,359	37	754,772	−198,053	1	1,536
Malawi	308,234	43	412,799	57	721,033	104,565	2	4,033
Burkina Faso	566,833	81	136,732	19	703,566	−430,101	5	8,553
Guinea-Bissau	24,875	7	344,745	93	369,620	319,870	2	2,408
Total	54,246,783		118,414,448		172,661,231	64,167,661	197	1,024,212

All emissions data by country available in Supplementary Data 1