Carbon stocks differ among land-uses in agroforestry systems in western Canada

2022 ◽  
Vol 313 ◽  
pp. 108756
Author(s):  
Zilong Ma ◽  
Edward W. Bork ◽  
Cameron N. Carlyle ◽  
Jonathan Tieu ◽  
Cole D. Gross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Land Uses

scholarly journals The Use of Homegarden Agroforestry Systems for Climate Change Mitigation in Lowlands of Southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Gebru Eyasu Siyum ◽  
Tuemay Tassew
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Woody Species Diversity ◽  
Soil Carbon Stocks ◽  
Change Mitigation

Mitigation of climate change is one of the major environmental challenges facing the globe. In this context, homegarden agroforestry systems (HGAFs) have large potential for climate change mitigation. Therefore, this study was initiated to estimate the biomass and soil carbon stocks of HGAFs in relation to adjacent Natural Forest (NF). It also analyzed the relationship between woody species diversity, evenness and richness with biomass and soil carbon stocks. Three sites were purposely selected on the basis of the presence of HGAFs and NF adjacent to each other. Random sampling was used to select representative homegardens from the study population. In NF, a systematic sampling technique was employed. A total of 60 plots with a size of 10 m x 20 m were used to collect vegetation and soil data in both land uses. Soil samples were collected from each plot of the samples laid for vegetation sampling. Accordingly, 120 composite and 120 undisturbed soil samples from 0-30 cm and 30-60 cm soil depths were collected for soil organic carbon (SOC) and bulk density analysis respectively. Biomass estimation for each woody species was analyzed by using appropriate allometric equations. The result showed that the total amount of carbon stocks was 148.32±35.76 tons ha-1 and 157.27±51.61 tons ha-1 in HGAFs and adjacent NF respectively which did not vary significantly between the two studied land uses (P > 0.05). The finding also shows a positive but non-significant (P>0.05) relationship between carbon stocks and woody species diversity, richness, and evenness. Specifically, in NF lands, woody species diversity with SOC (r=0.36) and in HGAFs species richness with biomass carbon (r=0.39) was correlated positively and significantly (P=0.05). We concluded that HGAFs have the same potential as the NF for carbon stock accumulation and to counteract the loss of biomass.

scholarly journals Ecosystem Service Multifunctionality: Decline and Recovery Pathways in the Amazon and Chocó Lowland Rainforests

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Eguiguren ◽  
Tatiana Ojeda Luna ◽  
Bolier Torres ◽  
Melvin Lippe ◽  
Sven Günter
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Land Use Transition ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Successional Forests ◽  
Post Harvesting ◽  
Recovery Pathways ◽  
The Impact

The balance between the supply of multiple ecosystem services (ES) and the fulfillment of society demands is a challenge, especially in the tropics where different land use transition phases emerge. These phases are characterized by either a decline (from intact old-growth to logged forests) or a recovery of ES (successional forests, plantations, and agroforestry systems). This highlights the importance of ecosystem service multifunctionality (M) assessments across these land use transition phases as a basis for forest management and conservation. We analyzed synergies and trade-offs of ES to identify potential umbrella ES. We also evaluated the impact of logging activities in the decline of ES and M, and the influence of three recovery phases in the supply of ES and M. We installed 156 inventory plots (1600 m2) in the Ecuadorian Central Amazon and the Chocó. We estimated indicators for provisioning, regulating, supporting services and biodiversity. M indicator was estimated using the multifunctional average approach. Our results show that above-ground carbon stocks can be considered as an umbrella service as it presented high synergetic relations with M and various ES. We observed that logging activities caused a decline of 16–18% on M, with high impacts for timber volume and above-ground carbon stocks, calling for more sustainable practices with stricter post-harvesting control to avoid a higher depletion of ES and M. From the recovery phases it is evident that, successional forests offer the highest level of M, evidencing high potential to recover multiple ES after human disturbance.

Quantifying carbon stocks and sequestration potential in agroforestry systems under divergent management scenarios relevant to India’s Nationally Determined Contribution

2021 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 124831
Author(s):  
Arun Jyoti Nath ◽  
Gudeta Weldesemayat Sileshi ◽  
Sabina Yasmin Laskar ◽  
Karabi Pathak ◽  
Demsai Reang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Sequestration Potential

Soil gross nitrogen transformations are related to land-uses in two agroforestry systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man Lang ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Chaopu Ti ◽  
Shixi Zhu ◽  
Xiaoyuan Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Nitrogen Transformations

Soil carbon stocks and origin under different cacao agroforestry systems in Southern Bahia, Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Henrique Marques Monroe ◽  
Emanuela Forestieri Gama-Rodrigues ◽  
Antonio Carlos Gama-Rodrigues ◽  
José Raimundo Bonadie Marques
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Southern Bahia ◽  
Soil Carbon Stocks

scholarly journals Impact of Rainforest Conversion on Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion in Nopu Upper Catchment of Central Sulawesi

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yayat Hidayat ◽  
Naik Sinukaban ◽  
Hidayat Pawitan ◽  
Suria Darma Tarigan
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Model Simulation ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Young Age ◽  
Stream Line ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Agricultural Lands ◽  
Soil And Water Loss ◽  
Central Sulawesi

Rainforest conversion into agricultural lands in Nopu Upper Catchment such as cocoa plantations, maizes, cassava, peanuts, and scrub and bush were significantly increase soil erosions and surface runoffs, which in turn will decrease crops productivity and hydrologic functions of watershed.  Soil erosion from maize and peanut rotation plots are higher 2.061,8% than soil erosions from natural forest plots.  Soil erosions are higher also in intercroping young age cocoa, maize and cassava plots and maize plots respectively 2.023,8% and 2.012,3%.   Where as surface runoffs were increase up to 650,9% in medium age cocoa plots, 380,4% in intercroping young age cacao and cassava plots, and 347,1% in scrub and bush plots.  The result of ANSWERS model simulation using daily C factors were indicate that rainforest conversion into agricultural lands in Nopu Upper Catchment causing soil and water loss respectively 3.190,5 ton/year and  115.441 m3/year.   Application of agroforestry systems in agricultural lands which in line with reforestation in stream line area of Nopu river and steepy agricultural lands (slope > 40%) are effectively reduce soil erosions up to 77,6% compare to soil erosion from existing land uses.

scholarly journals Carbon stocks and dynamics of different land uses on the Cerrado agricultural frontier

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. e0241637
Author(s):  
Emily Ane Dionizio ◽  
Fernando Martins Pimenta ◽  
Lucas Barbosa Lima ◽  
Marcos Heil Costa
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Rainfed Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Frontier ◽  
Soil Carbon Stocks

The largest and most dynamic agricultural frontier in Brazil is known as MATOPIBA, an area that covers part of the Cerrado biome. Within this region, Western Bahia stands out as a large producer of soy and cotton. There are no studies that quantify carbon stocks for different land uses and land cover types in Western Bahia, which hinders comprehension of the role of agricultural expansion in carbon dynamics and the development of sustainable agriculture policies. Here, we evaluate how the land use changes in this region have affected the carbon balance in the aboveground biomass (AGB), belowground biomass (BGB), and soil reservoirs. We collected soil samples for areas with different land uses and land cover types to estimate soil carbon stocks (SCS) and combined remote sensing results and modeling techniques to develop a historical reconstruction of spatial patterns of SCS, AGB, and BGB during the period 1990–2018. The replacement of areas from the forest formations class with pasture and rainfed agriculture reduced the 100 cm depth SCS (SCS100) by 37.3% (p = 0.031) and 30.3% (p = 0.053), respectively. By contrast, the conversion of pasture and rainfed agriculture to irrigated agriculture increased SCS100 by 34% (p = 0.034) and 26.5% (p = 0.022), respectively. Spatial changes in historical carbon stocks are strongly associated with land use changes that occurred between 1990 and 2018. We estimated a non-significant loss of 61.9 Tg-C (p = 0.726) from the total carbon stocks (calculated as the sum of AGB, BGB, and SCS) of which 80% of the losses came from soil stocks, 11% from BGB, and 8% from AGB. These findings reveal the need to monitor carbon stocks in sandy soils to reduce the uncertainties of estimates and support the development of effective sustainable agriculture policies. The best alternatives for reducing carbon losses in the Cerrado are to maintain natural forest cover and to recover soils through sustainable soil management, especially in pasturelands where soil carbon stocks are lowest.

scholarly journals Asset-Based Adaptation Project Promotes Tree and Shrub Diversity and Above-Ground Carbon Stocks in Smallholder Agroforestry Systems in Western Kenya

2022 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Elena Fuchs ◽  
Levi Orero ◽  
Stephen Ngoima ◽  
Shem Kuyah ◽  
Henry Neufeldt
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Carbon Sink ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Shrub Species ◽  
Smallholder Farms ◽  
Western Kenya ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Agroforestry Practices

Agroforestry has potential to address the adverse effects of climate change through carbon sequestration, increasing biodiversity and improving adaptive capacity and resilience among smallholder farmers. However, this potential is context specific and insufficiently quantified in smallholder faming systems, partly because of inherent variability of smallholder farms. Our study aimed to determine the tree/shrub diversity and carbon stocks in different agroforestry systems within smallholder farms in two 100 km2 sites, the so-called lower and middle Nyando sites, in western Kenya. In both, context-specific agroforestry adoption had been promoted among households of four community associations through an asset-based community development (ABCD) approach. Their farms were assessed and compared with those of relevant comparison samples. Trees and shrubs were inventoried on a total of 106 farms, and their formations classified in five major agroforestry practices: hedgerows, multipurpose trees on farm (MPT), riparian buffers, woodlots, and boundary planting. To assess above-ground biomass (AGB) of individual trees/shrubs, diameter at breast height measurements were taken. Strong regional differences were considered in data analysis and presentation. Altogether, 3,353 and 6,346 trees/shrubs were inventoried in the lower and middle Nyando sites, respectively. AGB was significantly higher in middle than in lower Nyando. Woodlots had the highest amount of AGB carbon stock, while MPT had the highest diversity of tree/shrub species in all the groups. Conversely, boundary planting had the highest number of trees/shrubs inventoried and hence was the most common agroforestry practice across all the samples in both regions. Dominant AGB contributor species were Grevillea robusta (37.8%) in middle, and Eurphobia tirucalli (16.5%) in lower Nyando. This study provides empirical evidence that asset-based and community-driven selection and implementation of both tree/shrub species and agroforestry practices can contribute positively to species and practice diversity, which are associated with AGB carbon stock levels and wider agro-ecosystem diversity. This study hence provides benchmark information that is relevant for SDG goal 15 on “life on land,” and various specific targets, and can inform sustainable establishment of carbon sink facilities by supporting smallholders to uptake contextually suitable and economically sensible agroforestry practices in an overall effort to foster and support sustainable development.

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