Tag: Afforestation
Correction to: Carbon dynamics in cocoa agroforestry systems in Central Cameroon: afforestation of savannah as a sequestration opportunity
Afforestation and Reforestation of Walnut Forestsin Southern Kyrgyzstan: An Economic Perspective
Afforestation of savannah with cocoa agroforestry: a climate-smart sustainable agricultural practice
Carbon dynamics in cocoa agroforestry systems in Central Cameroon: afforestation of savannah as a sequestration opportunity
Agroforestry Technical Manual. Option: Acacia – Mango – Maize – Forage Grass
A set of technical manual of 7 Agroforestry options implemented in Northwest Viet Nam under Agroforestry for livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Northwest Viet Nam (Phase I) and Developing and promoting market-based agroforestry and forest rehabilitation options for Northwest Viet Nam (Phase II) project. Each guideline includes (1) Introduction, (2) Design, (3) Planting techniques and fertilizing, (4) pruning and canopy formation, (5) pests and diseases prevention, (6) harvesting, (7) economic efficiency and (8) reference
A Guide to seed quality
Seed quality is a key word in all afforestation. Everybody can usually agree that quality is a good thing, which we should promote, -yet there is still much confusion on what quality actually means and how to manage it.
Facilitating agroforestation of landscapes for sustainable benefits: Tradeoffs between carbon stocks and local development benefits in Indonesia according to the FALLOW model
Although Indonesia has no shortage of land area that lost its forest cover before 1990 and has become the global leader in land-use based greenhouse gas emissions, the widespread expectation that the afforestation/reforestation approach to Clean Development Mechanisms (A/R CDM) could lead to sustainable development benefits has not so far materialized. The main challenges to implementation of the current A/R CDM mechanisms are in (1) the definition of forest and its institutional implications, (2) the projectization that is embedded in the definition of CDM, (3) non-linear baselines related to forest transitions that complicate attribution, (4) inherent lack of synergy with other development activities and (5) high transaction costs and temporary nature of credits. In possible new international regimes that aim to include all relevant changes in land-use based emissions, a more outcome-based programmatic approach may partially replace the project cycle assessments of CDM. However, there will still be a need to assess the combination of factors and policies that can be expected to enhance terrestrial carbon storage through voluntary land-use decisions, by a combination of reduced emissions and enhanced storage. Tradeoffs usually exist between local livelihoods and carbon storage, but assessment of the opportunity costs of C sequestration requires analysis at the landscape and community scale at scenario level, including local adjustment and optimization. We explored such scenarios for a number of cases in Indonesia that range from a forest margin to a degraded lands setting. FALLOW model applications were set up for 4 landscapes in Indonesia (15-98% forest cover, 1-55% grassland, 17-51personskm-2) to test the internal consistency of the hypothesis that farmer-led development of tree-based land-use systems in response to accessible markets, legal tenure arrangements, availability of reliable technical information and local investment can convert degraded forest lands at low public cost and form an attractive alternative to project-based interventions with detailed prescriptions and planning. The calculated (non-linear) baselines for carbon stocks varied from an average trend of -0.26 to +0.23MgCha-1year-1 over a 25 year period of assessment, equivalent to a net sequestration of -0.95 to 0.84tCO2ha-1year-1 The highest value for predicted additional carbon storage in the wider landscape did not coincide with the best results for local livelihoods, but in each of the case studies the results for a `programmatic’ removal of constraints to profitable smallholder tree-based production systems was more attractive than a `prescribed’ tree planting in designated project areas. These results support the design of international modalities for an outcome-based approach to enhancing carbon storage with local flexibility in implementation.
Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees
Forest-based adaptation is an ensemble of climate actions that employ forests and trees in support of climate change adaptation and resilience, including sustainable forest management, forest conservation and restoration, reforestation and afforestation. Forest-based adaptation can help address the gaps between current adaptation actions and the adaptation needed for reducing climate-related risks and impacts, while contributing to most of the Sustainable Development Goals and promoting strong synergies with mitigation. This FAO technical paper unpacks the concept of forest-based adaptation and describes policy spheres that could bolster the role of forests and trees in providing adaptation and resilience benefits. It introduces a set of ten principles for using forests and trees to promote transformational adaptation, which were developed with leading experts from the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and other partners. It describes the policy implications of each principle and draws on examples from diverse forest ecosystems and management practices to illustrate their application in practice.
Forest Related Nature-Based Solutions – Review of terms and concepts – from afforestation to forest landscape restoration
This report seeks to clarify how seven common terms and concepts are used in the scientific literature, namely “Nature-Based Solution, Ecosystem Based Adaptation, Integrated Landscape Management, Forest Restoration, Forest Landscape Restoration, Afforestation and Rewilding”, and how to use them more effectively to support forest landscape restoration implementation.