Carbon mitigation potential and costs of forestry options in Brazil,China, India,Indonesia, Mexico,the Philippines and Tanzania

This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven developing countries. Each study uses the same methodological approach – Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) – to estimate the above parameters between 2000 and 2030. The approach requires the projection of baseline and mitigation land-use scenarios. Coupled with data on a per ha basis on C sequestration or avoidance, and costs and benefits, it allows the estimation of monetary benefit per Mg C, and the total costs and carbon potential. The results show that about half (3.0 Pg C) the cumulative mitigation potential of 6.2 Petagram (Pg) C between 2000 and 2030 in the seven countries (about 200× 10⁶ Mg C yr^-1) could be achieved at a negative cost and the remainder at costs ranging up to $100 Mg C^-1. About 5 Pg C could be achieved, at a cost less than $20 per Mg C. Negative cost potential indicates that non-carbon revenue is sufficient to offset direct costs of these options. The achievable potential is likely to be smaller, however, due to market, institutional, and sociocultural barriers that can delay or prevent the implementation of the analyzed options.     

陕北能源重化工基地社会经济与环境协调发展研究——以榆林市为例

分析了陕北能源重化工基地社会经济与环境发展的矛盾，指出环境与社会经济的协调发展是实现可持续发展的前提和基础。文章分析了环境与社会经济协调发展的含义，建立了社会经济系统与环境系统评价的指标体系，采用主成分分析与回归分析相结合的综合评价方法，以榆林市为例，借助SPSS分析软件，对陕北能源重化工基地建设中的社会经济与环境协调发展进行定量评价。根据评价得出了榆林市社会经济系统与环境系统发展协调度不高的结论，并对其社会经济系统与环境系统协调发展状况进行了讨论，最后提出了实现两系统协调发展的建议。