Integrated land-use systems: Assessment of promising agroforest and alternative land-use practices to enhance carbon conservation and sequestration

Dixon, Ross; Winjum, Jack K.; Andrasko, Kenneth; Lee, Jeffrey J.; Schroeder, Paul R.

doi:10.1007/bf01098474

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“…This approach provides the possibility of increasing the diversity of products and the total production of a farm without reducing the yields of other crops. Dixon (1994) argued that degraded, substandard soils and marginal lands, which occupy a significant proportion of the land use in temperate areas, may contribute to substantial long-term carbon sequestration if these areas are used for agroforestry. Smith et al (2012b) also stated that such land use is especially valuable in marginal areas where the intensification of crop production is not a viable option due to the topography, soil or climate.…”

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Exploring the potential of edible forest gardens: experiences from a participatory action research project in Sweden

Björklund

Eksvärd²,

Schäffer

2018

Agroforest Syst

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To meet the environmental challenges that are presently confronting society, the narrow focus on agricultural production needs to be altered to one that places equal value on the generation of crucial ecosystem services. Current research shows that perennial intercropping systems such as agroforestry may be a feasible alternative. Based on studies during the establishment of edible forest gardens in 12 participating farms in Sweden, this paper explores the potential of utilizing multi-strata designs for food production in temperate, highincome countries. Design and species composition of such gardens, types of food they provide, and how they would best fit into the present landscape are discussed. Factors for success and major problems related to the establishment are shared. Potential benefits were found to be closely related to a thorough analysis of the social and ecological contexts before establishment. Characteristics of the site and goals of the garden need to guide species and design choices. If forest garden approaches to food production should contribute to more than local selfsufficiency, the gardens need to increase in scale. Marginal lands and transitions areas between different land uses may be appropriate. Large knowledge gaps concerning potential production, social and economic benefits, and agronomic issues were identified.

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Exploring the potential of edible forest gardens: experiences from a participatory action research project in Sweden

Björklund

Eksvärd²,

Schäffer

2018

Agroforest Syst

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“…One mechanism of C storage is through its assimilation in vegetation. Numerous authors have estimated the potential of forests and agroforestry management practices to store C (Dixon et al, 1994;Harmon et al, 1990;Schroeder, 1992;and Winjum et al, 1992).…”

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Carbon Storage in Eucalyptus and Pine Plantations in South Africa

Christie¹,

Scholes²

1995

African Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories and Mitigation Options: Forestry, Land-Use Change, and Agriculture

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Abstract. Carbon (C) is stored by plantation forests either when ecosystems with a low C density (such as tropical grasslands) are afforested or when timber is converted to semipermanent products. If the afforestation rate is relatively constant and the plantations are not harvested immediately upon reaching maturity, the amount of C stored in trees as a result of afforestation can be calculated by a simple "static" approximation. Rotation forestry requires a mean C storage method that averages C density over the rotation. Plantation forestry as practiced in South Africa requires a more detailed dynamic approach that accounts for time-varying rates of afforestation and the age-dependence of C accumulation rates in plantations. To determine C storage in products, the output of long-lived plantation products and their C content once all processing losses are accounted for must be known. The South African case study shows that new afforestation stored approximately 2.54 Tg C in 1990, and storage in forest products accounted for an additional 1.15 Tg C. Together, these two activities offset approximately 3.8% of the carbon dioxide emissions from South Africa.

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“…it it it i jt it 7 In both industrialized nations and in developing countries, nearly all deforestation is associated w x with conversion to agricultural use 11 . 8 A detailed description of the dynamic optimization model and the derivation of the econometrically w x w x estimatable model is found in Stavins and Jaffe 34 , while Stavins 32 provides an illustration of the use of the model for environmental simulation.…”

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Climate Change and Forest Sinks: Factors Affecting the Costs of Carbon Sequestration

Newell

Stavins

2000

SSRN Journal

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The possibility of encouraging the growth of forests as a means of sequestering carbon dioxide has received considerable attention, partly because of evidence that this can be a relatively inexpensive means of combating climate change. But how sensitive are such estimates to specific conditions? We examine the sensitivity of carbon sequestration costs to changes in critical factors, including the nature of management and deforestation regimes, silvicultural species, relative prices, and discount rates. ᮊ

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Integrated land-use systems: Assessment of promising agroforest and alternative land-use practices to enhance carbon conservation and sequestration

Cited by 130 publications

References 51 publications

Exploring the potential of edible forest gardens: experiences from a participatory action research project in Sweden

Exploring the potential of edible forest gardens: experiences from a participatory action research project in Sweden

Carbon Storage in Eucalyptus and Pine Plantations in South Africa

Climate Change and Forest Sinks: Factors Affecting the Costs of Carbon Sequestration

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