Baseline Carbon Stocks Assessment and Projection of Future Carbon Benefits of a Carbon Sequestration Project in East Timor |
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Authors: | R D Lasco M M Cardinoza |
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Institution: | 1.World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Philippines,University of the Philippines at Los Ba?os 4031 College,Laguna,Philippines;2.CARE International, SKB,Dili,East Timor |
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Abstract: | Climate change is one of the most pressing environmental problems humanity is facing today. Forest ecosystems serve as a source
or sink of greenhouse gases, primarily CO2. With support from the Canadian Climate Change Fund, the Community-based Natural Resource Management for Carbon Sequestration
project in East Timor (CBNRM-ET) was implemented to “maintain carbon (C) stocks and increase C sequestration through the development
of community-based resource management systems that will simultaneously improve livelihood security”. Project sites were in
the Laclubar and Remexio Sub-districts of the Laclo watershed. The objective of this study was to quantify baseline C stocks
and sequestration benefits of project components (reforestation with fast-growing species, primarily Casuarina equisetifolia, and agroforestry involving integration of Paraserianthes falcataria). Field measurements show that mature stands (≥30 years) of P. falcataria and C. equisetifolia contain up to 200 Mg C ha−1 in above ground biomass, indicating the vast potential of project sites to sequester carbon. Baseline C stocks in above ground
biomass were very low in both Laclubar (6.2 Mg C ha−1 for reforestation sites and 5.2 Mg C ha−1 for agroforestry sites and Remexio (3.0 Mg C ha−1 for reforestation and 2.5 Mg C ha−1 for agroforestry). Baseline soil organic C levels were much higher reaching up to 160 Mg C ha−1 in Laclubar and 70 Mg C ha−1 in Remexio. For the next 25 years, it is projected that 137 671 Mg C and 84 621 Mg C will be sequestered under high- and
low C stock scenarios, respectively. |
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Keywords: | agroforestry carbon sequestration East Timor soil organic carbon tropical plantations |
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