Can carbon sequestration markets benefit low-income producers in semi-arid Africa? Potentials and challenges

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dc.contributor.authorPerez, C.en
dc.contributor.authorRoncoli, ‪Carlaen
dc.contributor.authorNeely, Constance L.en
dc.contributor.authorSteiner, J. L.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:20:03Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:20:03Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article describes the framework for carbon sequestration markets provided by the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM permits countries that are exceeding their permissible carbon emissions to buy carbon offsets from afforestation and reforestation projects. Agricultural soils may also be eligible to provide carbon offsets through an expansion of CDM and through the development of carbon markets outside what the Kyoto Protocol establishes. Although Carbon markets seem to be beneficial for both buyers and sellers, establishing a functional carbon market requires that first the necessary technical, institutional, and financial capacity be in place. Without this stability and resource base, the prospects of improving rural incomes through carbon sequestration may be overshadowed by risks and failed structures.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2535en
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural Systems 94(1): 2-12en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2005.09.009en
dc.identifier.issn0308-521Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67040en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectAfforestationen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectReforestationen
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren
dc.subjectAgricultural ecosystemsen
dc.subjectPESen
dc.subjectClean Development Mechanism (CDM)en
dc.subjectKyoto Protocolen
dc.subjectCarbon offsetsen
dc.subjectGreenhouse gasesen
dc.subjectEmissionsen
dc.subjectCarbon marketsen
dc.subjectSoil carbonen
dc.subjectCarbon creditsen
dc.subjectPoverty reductionen
dc.subjectDrylandsen
dc.subjectWest Africaen
dc.subjectEconomic incentivesen
dc.titleCan carbon sequestration markets benefit low-income producers in semi-arid Africa? Potentials and challengesen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
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