Captura de carbono en la biomasa aérea de la palma de aceite en Chiapas, México

Aranda-Arguello, Rutver; Ley-de-Coss, Alejandro; Arce-Espino, Concepción; Pinto-Ruíz, René; Guevera-Hernández, Francisco; Aryal, Deb Raj

doi:10.15517/ma.v29i3.32076

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“…Sin embargo, en contextos de amplia deforestación como en Conquista Campesina, la palma de aceite puede tener también impactos positivos en el entorno. Las plantaciones de palma de aceite tienen una mayor capacidad de secuestro de carbono en comparación con los pastizales (Aranda-Arguello et al, 2018). Por otra parte, contribuyen disminuir las quemas agrícolas y los incendios no contralados, debido a que su siembra garantiza que no se realizarán quemas por un periodo prolongado de tiempo.…”

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Palma De Aceite, Reconversión Productiva Y Respuestas Campesinas en El Uso Del Suelo

Márquez

Bojórquez

Arcipreste

2021

Trop Subtrop Agroecosyst

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Background: Oil palm is the highest economic value plantation crop in the tropics and its rapid expansion is a controversial topic around the world. In Mexico, 85% of the national production comes from plantations of small producers, they are mainly rural landholders from “ejido” communities. The way in which the peasants have carried out the productive reconversion of their lands is important to understand the social and environmental impacts associated with oil palm cultivation. Objective: The process of oil palm productive reconversion, its implications on land use and the associated impacts in terms of job and income generation, is described through the case study of a peasant community located in the state of Campeche with more than 20 years of experience working the crop. Methodology: Two surveys were applied to the community. One with a socioeconomic focus and the other with a productive approach. The former was applied to a representative sample of households (n = 60), and the latter to a representative sample of palm growers (n = 20). The first survey was aimed to describe the role of oil palm has played as a source of jobs and income, while the second focused on describing the process of productive reconversion, its implications on land use and management practices of rural plantations. The results obtained were analyzed in a participatory manner in a focus group organized in the community. Results: Oil palm is the main source of employment for half of the families in the community. Households with oil palm plantations have an income 2.7 times higher than the community average. The productive reconversion has been carried out on previously deforested lands for extensive cattle ranching and has slowed down the praderization of peasant plots. Oil palm plantations have low technology, low use of labour and inputs, and low productivity. Implications: Oil palm has become the most important land use second only to extensive cattle ranching. The farmers have important limitations that prevent them from the consolidation of the crop, which in the medium term may compromise its continuity. This would represent a high opportunity cost since oil palm has become the main productive activity that generates income and jobs in the community. Conclusion: In social terms, oil palm has proven to be effective and improve the living conditions of producers and their families, meanwhile in environmental terms it has not generated deforestation. There are important windows of opportunity to increase the productivity of peasant plantations so that the crop can be consolidated as a factor of economic and social development in rural communities.

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Palma De Aceite, Reconversión Productiva Y Respuestas Campesinas en El Uso Del Suelo

Márquez

Bojórquez

Arcipreste

2021

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Perspective Chapter: Oil Palm Plantations Can Offset Carbon Loss and Improve Livelihoods of Rural Communities in Africa

L. Woomer,

Bokanga

2024

Climate Policies - Modern Risk-Based Assessment of Investments in Mitigation, Adaptation, and Recovery From Residual Harm [Work

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The oil palm is endogenous to the humid tropical belt of West and Central Africa. Its cultivation was greatly expanded in Southeast Asia, and today, it accounts for 85% of commercially planted oil palm in the world. Oil palm plantations in Africa could become eligible for accrued carbon credits under some strict conditions and contribute to achieving sustainable development goals in Africa. Plantations must not be recently carved from humid forests nor established on peat soils, as the comparative long-term carbon stocks remain unfavorable. However, longstanding plantations or those established on mineral soils of grassland and degraded cropland offer a strong potential to accumulate system carbon over decades. The upper limits of this accrual are manageable and reliable methods to monitor system carbon gains are available. Carbon emissions may also be reduced through improved management of the plantations’ palm oil mills, and through conversion of waste plantation biomass to biochar products. The revenues generated from plantation carbon offset payments should be directed toward improving the livelihoods of rural communities established around the plantations and toward the protection of adjacent natural wildlife habitats. An example of how plantations in DR Congo could qualify for and implement a carbon credit program is provided.

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Captura de carbono en la biomasa aérea de la palma de aceite en Chiapas, México

Cited by 2 publications

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Palma De Aceite, Reconversión Productiva Y Respuestas Campesinas en El Uso Del Suelo

Palma De Aceite, Reconversión Productiva Y Respuestas Campesinas en El Uso Del Suelo

Perspective Chapter: Oil Palm Plantations Can Offset Carbon Loss and Improve Livelihoods of Rural Communities in Africa

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