Can carbon sequestration markets benefit low-income producers in semi-arid Africa? Potentials and challenges

Perez, Carlos A.; Roncoli, Carla; Neely, Constance; Steiner, Jean L.

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2005.09.009

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“…Another important aspect of AFSs is the determination of C, since assessing C stocks means evaluating the techniques applied in the AFS to mitigate the effects of climate change caused by practices that cause increased CO 2 emissions to the atmosphere (SOTO-PINTO et al, 2010). In addition, the maintenance of C stocks in agricultural areas is an alternative source of income for farmers, which can participate in the international carbon market (ANTLE et al, 2007;PEREZ et al, 2007). For Montagnini and Nair (2004), AFSs contribute to carbon sequestration because of their potential of C storage in the different tree species that are maintained, aside from the storage of this element in the better preserved soils.…”

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Carbon sequestration and nutrient reserves under differen t land use systems

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-This study evaluated the contribution of agroforestry (AFS) and traditional systems to carbon sequestration and nutrient reserves in plants, litter and soil. The study was carried out in the semiarid region of Brazil in a long-term experiment on an experimental farm of the goat and sheep section of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa). Two agroforestry systems were investigated: agrosilvopastoral (ASP) and forest-pasture areas (SP) as well as traditional agriculture management (TM), two areas left fallow after TM (six fallow years -F6 and nine fallow years -F9) and one area of preserved Caatinga vegetation (CAT). Soil, litter and plants were sampled from all areas and the contents of C, N, P, K, Ca and Mg per compartment determined. The AFS (ASP and SP) had higher nutrient stocks than the traditional and intermediate stocks compared to the preserved Caatinga. In the ASP, a relevant part of the nutrients extracted by crops is returned to the system by constant inputs of litter, weeding of herbaceous vegetation and cutting of the legume crops. After fallow periods of six and nine years, carbon and nutrient stocks in the compartments soil, litter and herbaceous plants were similar to those of the preserved Caatinga (CAT), but still lower than under natural conditions in the woody vegetation.Keywords: Agroecology; Family farming; Agroforestry. SEQUESTRO DE CARBONO E RESERVA DE NUTRIENTES EM DIFERENTES SISTEMAS DE USO DA TERRA

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Carbon sequestration and nutrient reserves under differen t land use systems

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“…This debate has been recently reactivated by the inclusion of afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol (Totten et al, 2003). As for PES, payments for carbon under the CDM may contribute to rural development but may also create social tensions or have negative impacts on livelihoods (Perez et al, 2007;Smith and Scherr, 2003).…”

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Impacts of payments for environmental services on local development in northern Costa Rica: A fuzzy multi-criteria analysis

Locatelli

Rojas

Salinas

2008

Forest Policy and Economics

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Market mechanisms for forest environmental services are increasingly used for promoting environmental conservation, and their impacts on development are of considerable interest. In Costa Rica a national scheme of Payment for Environmental Services (PSA) rewards landowners for the services provided by different forest land-uses. We evaluated the impacts of reforestation under the PSA on local development in the North of the country. We applied a fuzzy multi-criteria analysis including socioeconomic, institutional, and cultural dimensions and based on the individual perceptions of landowners. The impacts of the PSA applied to reforestation are positive; negative economic impacts are balanced by positive institutional and cultural impacts. In most dimensions, the impacts on the poorest landowners are notably positive and generally higher than for upper class landowners. However, the short-term incomes of the poorest landowners decrease as a consequence of reforestation. This problem may engender negative outcomes and reduce the participation of the poorest landowners in the PSA. Positive impacts were stronger for landowners applying to the PSA through a local nongovernmental organization.

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“…Adger, 2003; Barrios et al, 2008;Beymer-Farris and Bassett, 2012;Brooks et al, 2005;Challinor et al, 2010;Chaudhuri et al, 2002;CIFOR, 2014;Eriksen and Kelly, 2007;Jindal et al, 2008;Luers, 2006;Luers et al, 2003;Perez et al, 2007;Scoones, 1998;UNFCCC, 2008;UNFCCC, 2009;World Development Report, 2008 Q5 . …”

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