Methodological issues in forestry mitigation projects: a case study of Kolar district |
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Authors: | N H Ravindranath I K Murthy P Sudha V Ramprasad M D V Nagendra C A Sahana K G Srivathsa H Khan |
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Institution: | (1) Centre for Sustainable Technologies & Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, Karnataka, India |
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Abstract: | There is a need to assess climate change mitigation opportunities in forest sector in India in the context of methodological
issues such as additionality, permanence, leakage and baseline development in formulating forestry mitigation projects. A
case study of forestry mitigation project in semi-arid community grazing lands and farmlands in Kolar district of Karnataka,
was undertaken with regard to baseline and project scenario development, estimation of carbon stock change in the project,
leakage estimation and assessment of cost-effectiveness of mitigation projects. Further, the transaction costs to develop
project, and environmental and socio-economic impact of mitigation project was assessed.
The study shows the feasibility of establishing baselines and project C-stock changes. Since the area has low or insignificant
biomass, leakage is not an issue. The overall mitigation potential in Kolar for a total area of 14,000 ha under various mitigation
options is 278,380 t C at a rate of 20 t C/ha for the period 2005–2035, which is approximately 0.67 t C/ha/year inclusive
of harvest regimes under short rotation and long rotation mitigation options. The transaction cost for baseline establishment
is less than a rupee/t C and for project scenario development is about Rs. 1.5–3.75/t C. The project enhances biodiversity
and the socio-economic impact is also significant.
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Keywords: | Mitigation project Baseline Carbon stock change Leakage Transaction cost Biodiversity |
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