Enhancing Carbon Stocks and Reducing CO2 Emissions in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Projects : Toolkit
There is global interest in promoting mitigation and adaptation in agriculture, forest, and other land-use (AFOLU) sectors to address the twin goals of climate change and sustainable development. This guideline deals with how to enhance carbon stoc...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/830421468331786085/Enhancing-carbon-stocks-and-reducing-CO2-emissions-in-agriculture-and-natural-resource-management-projects-toolkit http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27117 |
| Summary: | There is global interest in promoting
mitigation and adaptation in agriculture, forest, and other
land-use (AFOLU) sectors to address the twin goals of
climate change and sustainable development. This guideline
deals with how to enhance carbon stocks in general in all
land-based projects and its specific relationship with
agriculture productivity. It outlines specific steps and
procedures that need to be followed by project proponents
and managers of land-based projects to enhance carbon stocks
synergistically with increasing crop productivity. This
guideline for carbon stock enhancement or CO2 emission
reduction in agriculture and natural resource management
(NRM) projects covering all land-use sectors presents two
approaches. The first approach is a generic one covering all
the land categories and interventions aimed at promoting the
economic benefits (crop, timber, and non-timber wood product
production, and employment or livelihood generation) and
environmental benefits (soil and water conservation, land
reclamation, and biodiversity protection) of a project,
synergistically optimizing carbon stock enhancement as a
co-benefit. The second approach provides guidelines for
project developers to maximize project C-benefits along with
promoting high-value cropping systems and production
practices appropriate for a given agro-ecological region as
well as to meet the needs of the local stakeholders, such as
farmers or landless laborers. An illustration of the two
approaches is presented at the end of the executive summary.
The guidelines provide methods for selection and
incorporation of carbon stock enhancement modules and
practices along with methods for estimation and monitoring
of carbon stock changes as well as assessment of social and
economic implications of carbon enhancement (C-enhancement) interventions. |
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