Carbon prices and greenhouse gases abatement from agriculture, forestry and land use in Nepal

Pradhan, Bijay B.; Shrestha, Ram M.; Hoa, Nguyen Thai; Matsuoka, Yuzuru

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.01.005

Cited by 37 publications

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“…GHG emissions from the AFOLU sector differ among the South Asian countries. For instance, the AFOLU sector as a whole accounts for more than 80% of the total GHG emissions in Nepal (Pradhan et al 2017). Methane from enteric fermentation and rice cultivation and nitrous oxide, mainly from soil and fertilizer application, are major contributors to agricultural GHG emissions.…”

Section: Agricultural Emissionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia

Aryal

Rahut

Sapkota

et al. 2019

Environ Dev Sustain

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Agriculture in South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change due to increasing variability in rainfall and rising temperatures leading to the incidence of extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts, heat/cold waves, and storms. Agriculture sector also contributes to the causes of climate change through the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Hence, adaptation-led mitigation measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, farm income and reduce GHG emissions wherever possible. This study presents a systematic review of agriculture emission reduction opportunities with a particular focus on agricultural production systems in South Asia. Our review indicates that the adoption of better soil, water, nutrient management practices, and technologies has enormous potential to reduce GHG emissions from agriculture, thereby contributing to the mitigation of climate change. Many existing practices and technologies have the potential to improve both adaptation and mitigation in agriculture which can significantly contribute to complying with nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of South Asian countries. However, barriers to the adoption of GHG mitigating agricultural practices, mainly the financial and institutional barriers, need to be appropriately addressed to achieve the desired level of mitigation.

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Section: Agricultural Emissionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia

Aryal

Rahut

Sapkota

et al. 2019

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…In Nepal, various studies have been performed on agroforestry focusing on tangible benefits; however, studies focusing on intangible benefits like carbon sequestration are very less in number [33]. Pradhan et al [34] have estimated that the forests of Nepal stored 897 million metric tons of carbon (including Carbon in above-ground biomass, carbon in below-ground biomass, Sub-total: carbon in living biomass, carbon in dead wood, carbon in litter, Sub-total: carbon in dead wood and litter, and soil carbon to a depth of 100m) in the year 2005. Similarly, the carbon in aboveground biomass in the forests of Nepal for the year 1986 by physiographic regions was found to be 36 million tons in Terai, 76 million tons in Siwaliks, 67 million tons in the Middle mountains, 123.5 million tons in High mountain, and 11.5 million tons in High Himalaya.…”

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confidence: 99%

Biomass and Carbon Stock Variation along slopes in Tropical Forest of Nepal: A case of Depard Community Forest, Makwanpur, Nepal

Bohara

Miya

Timilsina

et al. 2021

J. Multidiscip. Appl. Nat. Sci.

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This study was conducted to assess biomass and carbon stock along slopes in Depard community forest, Manahari-6, Makwanpur district of Nepal. In Nepal, carbon stock estimation has been less practiced in community forest. A random sampling method was applied in this study to collect biophysical data i.e. DBH and height by non-destructive method to estimate the quantity of tree biomass and carbon stock. 21 sample plots with 1% sampling intensity were established within the study area. The circular area of 250 m2 was predetermined with the radius of 8.92 m for this study. Secondary data were collected through published and unpublished literature. Data were pooled and analyzed with SPSS software. The total biomass and carbon stock were calculated to be 1381.30 t/ha and 649.21 t/ha, respectively. The biomass and carbon stock were highest (563.12 t/ha and 242.42 t/ha) in 0-5% slope, and lowest in >20% of slope (334.75 t/ha and 143.60 t/ha). The difference of biomass and carbon in slopes may be due to the accumulation of more organic matter and other minerals in the less sloped areas through rainfall, landslide.

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“…Therefore, we take the total energy consumption per capita as an independent variable for the GHG emissions model. Pradhan et al ( 2017 ) have modelled GHG emissions for Nepal using the AFOLU-B model that is individual sector-focused. We account for the decreasing agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector’s share in the GDP and the significant rise in energy consumption use per capita over the last two decades.…”

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Can the Framing of Climate Mitigation Actions into Government Policies Lead to Delivering Them? – Insights from Nepal’s Experience

Baniya

Aryal

2022

Environmental Management

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Many low-income countries (LICs), including Nepal, endeavour to deliver climate mitigation by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and achieving more sustainable resource consumption. However, their prospects of delivering on such goals alongside the rapid structural changes in the economy prevalent in the LICs are not clear. This research aims to better understand the underlying complexity in the linkage between the framing of climate mitigation actions into government policies and the prospects for their delivery. We use critical discourse analysis, post-structural discourse analysis, and thematic analysis of textual data corpus generated from government policies (n = 12) and semi-structured interviews (n = 12) with policy actors, such as government policymakers and private sector and non-government organisations’ representatives. We also develop energy and material consumption and GHG emissions models to predict their values up to 2050 via the R tools and machine learning algorithms that validate the accuracy of models. Our findings suggest that the social context of policymaking creates a knowledge structure on climate mitigation which is reflected in government policies. The policy actors and their institutions exchange their ideas and interests in a deliberative and collaborative environment to prioritise policies for the energy, forest, and transport sectors to deliver climate mitigation actions in Nepal. However, the energy sector, together with the agriculture sector, has insufficient climate mitigation actions. Reflecting on the high proportion of biomass in the energy mix and the rapid rise in fossil fuel and energy consumption per capita—both of which are driven by the remittance inflows—this research suggests measures to reduce these in an absolute sense.

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Carbon prices and greenhouse gases abatement from agriculture, forestry and land use in Nepal

Cited by 37 publications

References 13 publications

Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia

Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia

Biomass and Carbon Stock Variation along slopes in Tropical Forest of Nepal: A case of Depard Community Forest, Makwanpur, Nepal

Can the Framing of Climate Mitigation Actions into Government Policies Lead to Delivering Them? – Insights from Nepal’s Experience

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