Conservation of Tropical Forests and Climate Change Mitigation

2009 ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
Pierre L. Ibisch ◽  
Lars Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Change Mitigation

Harnessing carbon markets for tropical forest conservation: towards a more realistic assessment

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. SMITH ◽  
K. MULONGOY ◽  
R. PERSSON ◽  
J. SAYER
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Limited Area ◽  
Policy Dialogue ◽  
Tropical Forestry ◽  
Change Mitigation

The proposed Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol paves the way for financial and technological transfers to support forestry projects that sequester carbon or protect carbon stocks. From its inception, the concept has been highly controversial. It has been enthusiastically supported by those who believe that conservation of tropical forests will be difficult unless forest owners and managers are compensated for the environmental services of their forests. Others believe that financial transfers supporting ‘carbon farming’ would ignore social concerns and the full range of goods and services of forests. This paper examines the implications of CDM for forest conservation and sustainable use, by drawing on recent literature and the results of a policy dialogue with CDM stakeholders. We conclude that initial estimates of the contribution tropical forestry could make to both climate change mitigation and to forest conservation need to be scaled down. CDM payments for tropical forestry are likely to be received in a far more limited area than initially expected. The cost-effectiveness of forestry projects relative to projects in the energy sector may have been overestimated. In particular few estimates have adequately accounted for the likelihood that the duration of CDM forestry projects is unlikely to be as long as the residency time of carbon in the atmosphere. Also political realities and investor priorities may not have been sufficiently understood. CDM funding for forestry may also decline in future as economically viable clean technologies are increasingly developed in the energy sector. Tropical forests are likely to be an intermediate climate change mitigation strategy for buying time, until more permanent options become available. The most important justification for including forests in CDM may lie in the contribution CDM could potentially make to forest conservation and sustainable use. An analysis of the implications of CDM for forests reveals the importance of involving forest stakeholders more closely in the CDM debate. To prevent perverse outcomes and reduce the risk of ‘leakage’ of emission reduction to areas outside project boundaries, CDM projects may need to be limited to niches which meet certain political and institutional preconditions and where sufficient understanding of local decision-making and the broader context is available. CDM may be more effective if used to remove non-economic impediments to forestry activities that are economically viable and meet local needs. Lessons from the forestry sector in relation to plantations, natural forest management, forest conser- vation and non-timber forest products are discussed to illustrate the dangers of misusing CDM and also to give examples of how CDM could be harnessed for better use of forests. CDM should be seen as one more tool for enhancing the effectiveness of more conventional ways of promoting forest conservation and sustainable use.

scholarly journals Carbon prospecting in tropical forests for climate change mitigation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Pin Koh ◽  
Yiwen Zeng ◽  
Tasya Vadya Sarira ◽  
Kelly Siman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
Carbon Finance ◽  
Carbon Prices ◽  
Change Mitigation

AbstractCarbon finance projects that protect tropical forests could support both nature conservation and climate change mitigation goals. Global demand for nature-based carbon credits is outpacing their supply, due partly to gaps in knowledge needed to inform and prioritize investment decisions. Here, we show that at current carbon market prices the protection of tropical forests can generate investible carbon amounting to 1.8 (±1.1) GtCO2e yr−1 globally. We further show that financially viable carbon projects could generate return-on-investment amounting to $46.0b y−1 in net present value (Asia-Pacific: $24.6b y−1; Americas: $19.1b y−1; Africa: $2.4b y−1). However, we also find that ~80% (1.24 billion ha) of forest carbon sites would be financially unviable for failing to break even over the project lifetime. From a conservation perspective, unless carbon prices increase in the future, it is imperative to implement other conservation interventions, in addition to carbon finance, to safeguard carbon stocks and biodiversity in vulnerable forests.

scholarly journals The integration of empirical, remote sensing and modelling approaches enhances insight in the role of biodiversity in climate change mitigation by tropical forests

2017 ◽  
Vol 26-27 ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masha T van der Sande ◽  
Lourens Poorter ◽  
Patricia Balvanera ◽  
Lammert Kooistra ◽  
Kirsten Thonicke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Modelling Approaches

scholarly journals Approaches to classifying and restoring degraded tropical forests for the anticipated REDD+ climate change mitigation mechanism

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Sasaki ◽  
GP Asner ◽  
W Knorr ◽  
PB Durst ◽  
HR Priyadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals Reduced-impact logging for climate change mitigation (RIL-C) can halve selective logging emissions from tropical forests

2019 ◽  
Vol 438 ◽  
pp. 255-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter W. Ellis ◽  
Trisha Gopalakrishna ◽  
Rosa C. Goodman ◽  
Francis E. Putz ◽  
Anand Roopsind ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Reduced Impact Logging ◽  
Change Mitigation
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