Community forest management and carbon sequestration a feasibility study from Chiapas, Mexico
Although forestry and agroforestry are recognized as promising land-use alternatives for reducing the increasing levels of global atmospheric carbon, the viability of carbon sequestration projects at the land-user level has rarely been evaluated We present the results of a feasibility study to: (1) evaluate the interest of local communities in a carbon sequestration project and how they would organize themselves for the proposed forestry project; (2) identify the carbon sequestration potential of the agroforestry/forestry systems that are both ecologically viable and preferred by local farmers (3) determine the social constraints of and potential for, such projects,- and (4) assess the economic potential of the carbon offsets estimated for such systems. This project was carried out by an interdisciplinary team of scientists and farmers in two ecological regions: the Tojolabal and Tzeltal zones of Chiapas, Mexico. Five systems with high carbon sequestration potential were considered technically and socially viable for each region. Initially, all participants will plant trees on an individual basis in their coffee plantation, fallow, and pasture lands, or in their maize fields.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | Bosque comunal, Sistemas agroforestales, Política forestal, Captura de carbono, Agroforestería, Artfrosur, |
| Online Access: | https://esanalysis.colmex.mx/Sorted%20Papers/1995/1995%20GBR%20MEX%20-CS%20MEX%20CS,%20CO2%20Econ.pdf |
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