Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia

Nine Latin American countries plan to use silvopastoral practices—incorporating trees into grazing lands—to mitigate climate change. However, the cumulative potential of scaling up silvopastoral systems at national levels is not well quantified. Here, we combined previously published tree cover data...

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Autores principales: Aynekulu, Ermias, Suber, M., Noordwijk, M. van, Arango, Jacobo, Roshetko, J.M., Rosenstock, Todd S.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109684
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author Aynekulu, Ermias
Suber, M.
Noordwijk, M. van
Arango, Jacobo
Roshetko, J.M.
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Aynekulu, Ermias
Noordwijk, M. van
Rosenstock, Todd S.
Roshetko, J.M.
Suber, M.
author_facet Aynekulu, Ermias
Suber, M.
Noordwijk, M. van
Arango, Jacobo
Roshetko, J.M.
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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description Nine Latin American countries plan to use silvopastoral practices—incorporating trees into grazing lands—to mitigate climate change. However, the cumulative potential of scaling up silvopastoral systems at national levels is not well quantified. Here, we combined previously published tree cover data based on 250 m resolution MODIS satellite remote sensing imagery for 2000–2017 with ecofloristic zone carbon stock estimates to calculate historical and potential future tree biomass carbon storage in Colombian grasslands. Between 2000 and 2017, tree cover across all Colombian grasslands increased from 15% to 18%, with total biomass carbon (TBC) stocks increasing from 0.41 to 0.48 Pg. The range in 2017 carbon stock values in grasslands based on ecofloristic zones (5 to 122 Mg ha−1) suggests a potential for further increase. Increasing all carbon stocks to the current median and 75th percentile levels for the respective eco-floristic zone would increase TBC stocks by about 0.06 and 0.15 Pg, respectively. Incorporated into national C accounting, such Tier 2 estimates can set realistic targets for silvopastoral systems in nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) implementation plans in Colombia and other Latin American countries with similar contexts.
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spelling CGSpace1096842025-11-11T19:01:35Z Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia Aynekulu, Ermias Suber, M. Noordwijk, M. van Arango, Jacobo Roshetko, J.M. Rosenstock, Todd S. agroforestry carbon sequestration grazing systems silvopastoral systems canopy Nine Latin American countries plan to use silvopastoral practices—incorporating trees into grazing lands—to mitigate climate change. However, the cumulative potential of scaling up silvopastoral systems at national levels is not well quantified. Here, we combined previously published tree cover data based on 250 m resolution MODIS satellite remote sensing imagery for 2000–2017 with ecofloristic zone carbon stock estimates to calculate historical and potential future tree biomass carbon storage in Colombian grasslands. Between 2000 and 2017, tree cover across all Colombian grasslands increased from 15% to 18%, with total biomass carbon (TBC) stocks increasing from 0.41 to 0.48 Pg. The range in 2017 carbon stock values in grasslands based on ecofloristic zones (5 to 122 Mg ha−1) suggests a potential for further increase. Increasing all carbon stocks to the current median and 75th percentile levels for the respective eco-floristic zone would increase TBC stocks by about 0.06 and 0.15 Pg, respectively. Incorporated into national C accounting, such Tier 2 estimates can set realistic targets for silvopastoral systems in nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) implementation plans in Colombia and other Latin American countries with similar contexts. 2020-09-02 2020-09-29T10:10:17Z 2020-09-29T10:10:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109684 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Aynekulu, E.; Suber, M.; van Noordwijk, M.; Arango, J.; Roshetko, J. M.; Rosenstock, T. S. 2020. Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia. Land. 9(9):309 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/land9090309
spellingShingle agroforestry
carbon sequestration
grazing systems
silvopastoral systems
canopy
Aynekulu, Ermias
Suber, M.
Noordwijk, M. van
Arango, Jacobo
Roshetko, J.M.
Rosenstock, Todd S.
Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia
title Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia
title_full Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia
title_fullStr Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia
title_short Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia
title_sort carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of colombia
topic agroforestry
carbon sequestration
grazing systems
silvopastoral systems
canopy
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109684
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