Analysing foregone costs of communities and carbon benefits in small scale community based forestry practice in Nepal
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Article Title | Analysing foregone costs of communities and carbon benefits in small scale community based forestry practice in Nepal |
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ERA Journal ID | 21007 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Pandey, Shiva Shankar (Author), Maraseni, Tek Narayan (Author), Reardon-Smith, Kathryn (Author) and Cockfield, Geoff (Author) |
Journal Title | Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use |
Journal Citation | 69, pp. 160-166 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2017 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0264-8377 |
1873-5754 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.09.007 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837717303022 |
Abstract | Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation and sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon (REDD+) are considered to be important cost effective approaches for global climate change mitigation; therefore, such practices are evolving as the REDD+ payment mechanism in developing countries. Using six years (2006-2012) data, this paper analyses trade-offs between carbon stock gains and the costs incurred by communities in generating additional carbon in 105 REDD+ pilot community forests in Nepal. It estimates foregone benefits for communities engaged in increasing carbon stocks in various dominant vegetation types. At recent carbon and commodity prices, communities receive on average US$ 0.47/ha/year of carbon benefits with the additional investment of US$ 67.30/ha/year. One dollar’s worth of community cost resulted 0.23Mg of carbon sequestration. Therefore, carbon payment alone may not be an attractive incentive within small-scale community forestry and should linked with payments for ecosystem services. Moreover, the study found highest community sacrificed benefits in Shorea mixed broadleaf forests and lowest in Schima-Castanopsis forests, while carbon benefits were highest in Pine forests followed by Schima-Castanopsis forests and lowest in Rhododendron-Quercus forests. This indicates that costs and benefits may vary by vegetation type. A policy should consider payment for other environmental services, carbon gains, co-benefits and trade off while designing the REDD+ mechanism in community based forest land use practice with equitable community outcomes. The learnings from this study will help in the formulation of an appropriate REDD+ policy for community forestry. |
Keywords | climate change, community benefits, community based forest, forest land use, tree |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410404. Environmental management |
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Byline Affiliations | Institute for Agriculture and the Environment |
International Centre for Applied Climate Science | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q47yy/analysing-foregone-costs-of-communities-and-carbon-benefits-in-small-scale-community-based-forestry-practice-in-nepal
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