An open-access method for targeting revegetation based on potential for emissions reduction, carbon sequestration and opportunity cost

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 578-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Longmire ◽  
Chris Taylor ◽  
Craig J. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Opportunity Cost ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Access Method

scholarly journals A Novel, Open Access Method to Assess Sleep Duration Using a Wrist-Worn Accelerometer

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e0142533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent T. van Hees ◽  
Séverine Sabia ◽  
Kirstie N. Anderson ◽  
Sarah J. Denton ◽  
James Oliver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Access Method

Carbon projects and Indigenous land in northern Australia

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Dore ◽  
Christine Michael ◽  
Jeremy Russell-Smith ◽  
Maureen Tehan ◽  
Lisa Caripis
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Native Title ◽  
Indigenous Land

Land activities contribute ~18% of total greenhouse gas emissions produced in Australia. To help reduce these emissions, the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) was implemented in 2011 to encourage land projects, which reduce the production of greenhouse gases and/or sequester carbon in the land. Prospective projects include savanna fire management and rangelands management, which have high relevance in northern Australia where Indigenous landholding is strong. This paper explores the land-tenure requirements necessary for these kinds of carbon projects to be approved by the Clean Energy Regulator. It provides an introduction to the CFI before discussing the land tenure requirements in the states of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia with respect to both emissions reduction and carbon sequestration projects. Potential issues with the current framework are highlighted, especially in relation to native title.

scholarly journals Open access scientific journals: an analysis of the Directory of Open Access Journals

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suênia Oliveira Mendes ◽  
◽  
Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Access Method ◽  
Journal Citation Reports ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Citation Indexes ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Article Processing Charges ◽  
Scimago Journal Rank

Introduction. The research aims to analyse the publishers, countries of publication, citation indexes, article processing charges, and their inter-relations, in the journals that make up the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a global directory that offers scientific information in immediate and exclusive open access. Method. Bibliographic, quantitative, and inferential study of 9,005 journals in the DOAJ, focusing on publishers, countries of publication, article processing charges, and citation indexes. Analysis. Calculation of absolute and relative frequencies, measurement of central tendency, chi-squared test, and Mann-Whitney U test using the R statistical software (version 3.2.4) with a 95% confidence interval. Results. Brazil is the country with the largest number of titles (10.9%), followed by the United Kingdom, which has a greater number of titles with article processing charges fees averaging US$ 1,474 for those that are DOAJ No Seal and US$ 862 for those that are certified DOAJ Seal. Europe has the greatest number of open access titles (47.6%). The Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Elsevier, De Gruyter Open, BioMed Central, and Springer are the publishers with the greatest number of journals and a higher presence in citation indexes (Journal Citation Reports and SCImago Journal Rank). DOAJ Seal journals are correlated and more likely to have article processing charges fees. Conclusions. In the consolidation of open access journals, commercial publishers and countries with a tradition of scientific publishing continue to gather the majority of journals. Thus, the oligopoly of commercial scientific publishers is maintained.

Evaluating the potential financial contributions of carbon farming to grazing enterprises in Western NSW

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Cockfield ◽  
Uttam Shrestha ◽  
Cathy Waters
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Financial Outcomes ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Grazing System ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Carbon Project ◽  
Farm Business

This article reports on modelling of the farm-level financial implications of changing land use from rangelands grazing to ‘carbon farming’ (vegetation-based carbon sequestration) in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Four model farm businesses were created by combining information from existing carbon projects funded under the Australian Government’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), data from surveys of farm businesses in the study regions and biomass estimations from the pasture growth model, GRASP. Scenarios for each of the businesses were: baseline (current grazing system); clearing vegetation to increase carrying capacity; establishing a carbon project; and establishing a carbon project and reinvesting some of the additional income in exclusion fencing to increase carrying capacity on non-project areas. The carbon project scenarios were based on either of two approved carbon sequestration methodologies within the ERF: avoided deforestation; and human-induced regeneration. In comparing the financial outcomes of these scenarios across the modelled businesses, we found potential advantages for landholders in having projects where livestock carrying capacity was at medium to low levels for the study region and where woody vegetation biomass potential was medium to high for the region. The case for sequestration projects on land with higher carrying capacity and therefore higher opportunity cost was much less compelling. In most cases, reinvestment in exclusion fencing resulted in similar financial returns to just having a carbon project but farm business income increased in later years.

Economics of afforestation for carbon sequestration in western Canada

2000 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Cornells van Kooten ◽  
Emina Krcmar–Nozic ◽  
Ruud van Gorkom ◽  
Brad Stennes
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Economic Basis ◽  
Key Words Climate Change

The Kyoto Accord on climate change requires developed countries to achieve CO2-emissions reduction targets, but permits them to charge uptake of carbon (C) in terrestrial (primarily forest) ecosystems against emissions. Countries such as Canada hope to employ massive afforestation programs to achieve Kyoto targets. One reason is that foresters have identified large areas that can be afforested. In this paper, we examine this forestry option, focusing on the economics of afforestation in western Canada. In particular, we develop marginal C uptake curves and show that much less land is available for afforestation than would be the case if economics is ignored. We conclude that, while afforestation is a feasible weapon in the greenhouse policy arsenal, it might not be as effective on an economic basis as many forest-sector analysts make out. Key words: Climate change, economics of afforestation, Kyoto Accord

Forest Carbon Sequestration Demand Based on Emissions Reduction in China’s Thermal Power and Steel Industries: Implications for Tobacco Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 5490-5504
Author(s):  
Qi Huibo ◽  
Long Fei ◽  
Gao Xiaowei
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Carbon Market ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Large Country ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Steel Industries

Objectives: China is a large country of tobacco production and consumption. In the construction and development of carbon market, the tobacco industry is expected to realizing energy conservation and emission reduction by participating in carbon trading, especially focusing on the forest carbon sequestration demand based on emissions reduction. Compared with the tobacco industry, the heavy pollution industries participate in the carbon market more deeply and widely. Therefore, this paper takes thermal power and steel industries as the research object, in order to provide some implications for the emission reduction path of tobacco industry. It considers the CO2 emissions intensity and marginal abatement costs (MAC) between China’s thermal power and steel industries during 2005–2017, and quantifies the forest carbon sequestration (FCS) demand level of these two industries to account for the role and potential of the forests for China’s green and low-carbon development. Methods: It uses a logistic algorithm to reflect the relationship among FCS demand, MAC and other influencing factors, and the cloud model to simulate FCS demand in different scenarios. Results: It shows an average decline of 54.06% and 56.05% in the carbon intensity of the two industries over the period. The average annualMAC are 11.82–25.55 CNY/ton across pilots, while the annual FCS demand expectation is 35 and 45 million tons for the thermal power and steel industries, respectively. If the MAC increases by 10%, the annual FCS demand will increase to 90 and 50 million tons, respectively. Other factors such as the prices of carbon emissions rights, carbon emission quotas, and industry output show little effect on FCS demand. Conclusion: The economic and technological efficiency of emissions reduction in different industries should be considered comprehensively, and that the consumer to producer subsidy for FCS in the carbon market should be adjusted for resource distribution optimization. This would promote emissions reduction, stimulate FCS demand, and improve the carbon market mechanism.

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