Barriers to plantation activities in different agro-ecological zones of Southern India |
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Authors: | Matilda Palm Madelene Ostwald Indu K Murthy Rajiv K Chaturvedi N H Ravindranath |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Earth Science,University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg,Sweden;2.Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research,Link?ping University,Norrk?ping,Sweden;3.Physical Resource Theory, Department of Energy and Environment,Chalmers University of Technology,G?teborg,Sweden;4.Centre for Ecological Science,Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore,India |
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Abstract: | This paper analyses environmental and socio-economic barriers for plantation activities on local and regional level and investigates
the potential for carbon finance to stimulate the increased rates of forest plantation on wasteland, i.e., degraded lands,
in southern India. Building on multidisciplinary field work and results from the model GCOMAP, the aim is to (1) identify
and characterize the barriers to plantation activities in four agro-ecological zones in the state of Karnataka and (2) investigate
what would be required to overcome these barriers and enhance the plantation rate and productivity. The results show that
a rehabilitation of the wasteland based on plantation activities is not only possible but also anticipated by the local population
and would lead to positive environmental and socio-economic effects at a local level. However, in many cases, the establishment
of plantation activities is hindered by a lack of financial resources, low land productivity and water scarcity. Based on
the model used and the results from the field work, it can be concluded that certified emission reductions such as carbon
credits or other compensatory systems may help to overcome the financial barrier; however, the price needs to be significantly
increased if these measures are to have any large-scale impact. |
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