Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations
Projects implemented as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol will have the dual mandate of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to sustainable development. Basic agreement on core elements was reached in 2001, including the decision to allow afforestati...
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| description | Projects implemented as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol will have the dual mandate of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to sustainable development. Basic agreement on core elements was reached in 2001, including the decision to allow afforestation and reforestation projects. However, it is not yet clear what rules will address social concerns. Many types of projects could potentially contribute to local livelihoods and ecosystem restoration, as well as to carbon emission offsets, including those using natural forest regeneration, agroforests, improved forest fallows and agroforestry. Averted deforestation projects with multiple-use forestry, though not eligible in the first CDM period, could be reconsidered in the future. Such projects can be designed to rigorously meet CDM criteria for carbon impact, additionality, leakage and duration. If suitably targeted, they can be cost-effective for investors in terms of production costs. Some, however, may have higher transaction costs. Proactive efforts are needed to enable community-based CDM forestry projects and local land uses to compete effectively in carbon trading markets with projects managed by large-scale operators. The CDM should require mandatory social impact assessments, harmonise the CDM with social principles of other global conventions, promote measures to reduce transaction costs and explicitly include assisted natural regeneration and forest rehabilitation in the definition of afforestation and reforestation. Most developing countries will require policy action to establish the enabling conditions for forest carbon projects to contribute on a large scale to local livelihoods, integrate CDM projects within national development frameworks, attract investors, establish social criteria, secure local rights and promote support services for local people. Cost-effective project design requires attention to local participation, transparency, suitable compensation mechanisms, strategies to reduce transaction costs and risks and extend the scale of projects, and to enhance profitability of land uses. |
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| spelling | CGSpace185602025-01-24T14:20:25Z Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations Smith, J. Scherr, Sara J. clean development mechanism projects forests community involvement community forestry policies socioeconomics social impact Projects implemented as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol will have the dual mandate of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to sustainable development. Basic agreement on core elements was reached in 2001, including the decision to allow afforestation and reforestation projects. However, it is not yet clear what rules will address social concerns. Many types of projects could potentially contribute to local livelihoods and ecosystem restoration, as well as to carbon emission offsets, including those using natural forest regeneration, agroforests, improved forest fallows and agroforestry. Averted deforestation projects with multiple-use forestry, though not eligible in the first CDM period, could be reconsidered in the future. Such projects can be designed to rigorously meet CDM criteria for carbon impact, additionality, leakage and duration. If suitably targeted, they can be cost-effective for investors in terms of production costs. Some, however, may have higher transaction costs. Proactive efforts are needed to enable community-based CDM forestry projects and local land uses to compete effectively in carbon trading markets with projects managed by large-scale operators. The CDM should require mandatory social impact assessments, harmonise the CDM with social principles of other global conventions, promote measures to reduce transaction costs and explicitly include assisted natural regeneration and forest rehabilitation in the definition of afforestation and reforestation. Most developing countries will require policy action to establish the enabling conditions for forest carbon projects to contribute on a large scale to local livelihoods, integrate CDM projects within national development frameworks, attract investors, establish social criteria, secure local rights and promote support services for local people. Cost-effective project design requires attention to local participation, transparency, suitable compensation mechanisms, strategies to reduce transaction costs and risks and extend the scale of projects, and to enhance profitability of land uses. 2002 2012-06-04T09:08:33Z 2012-06-04T09:08:33Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18560 en Open Access Smith, J., Scherr, S.J. 2002. Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations . CIFOR Occasional Paper No.37. 45p. |
| spellingShingle | clean development mechanism projects forests community involvement community forestry policies socioeconomics social impact Smith, J. Scherr, Sara J. Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations |
| title | Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations |
| title_full | Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations |
| title_fullStr | Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations |
| title_short | Forest carbon and local livelihoods: assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations |
| title_sort | forest carbon and local livelihoods assessment of opportunities and policy recommendations |
| topic | clean development mechanism projects forests community involvement community forestry policies socioeconomics social impact |
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