Measuring the opportunity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorZelek, C.en
dc.contributor.authorShively, Gerald E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialManupali Watersheden
dc.coverage.spatialBukidnonen
dc.coverage.spatialMindanaoen
dc.coverage.spatialThe Philippinesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:37Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:37Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe authors calculate rates of carbon sequestration from forestry and agroforestry systems in the tropics to derive measurements of the opportunity cost and suggest incentive-based payment schedules for carbon sequestration by small holder farmers. Using this method, they estimate total costs for carbon sequestration in the Manupali watershed in the Philippines, accounting for land quality and area factors in their measurements. They find that the marginal cost sequestering carbon sequestration through afforestation is between $3.30 and $62.50 per ton, with converting land to agroforestry accruing a lower opportunity cost than pure forestry.en
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dc.identifier125en
dc.identifier.citationLand Economics 79(3): 342-354en
dc.identifier.issn0023-7639en
dc.identifier.issn1543-8325en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65718en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherMadison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2005 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin Systemen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectIncome generationen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectAfforestationen
dc.subjectLand use managementen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectForestryen
dc.subjectEconomic modeling and analysisen
dc.subjectReforestationen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectSmall holder enterpriseen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectManupali watersheden
dc.subjectThe Philippinesen
dc.subjectGreenhouse gasesen
dc.subjectCarbon dioxide (CO2)en
dc.subjectFallowen
dc.subjectLand conversionen
dc.subjectCarbon storageen
dc.subjectBiomassen
dc.subjectMarginal costen
dc.subjectOpportunity costsen
dc.subjectParaserianthes falcatariaen
dc.subjectKyoto Protocolen
dc.subjectClean Development Mechanism (CDM)en
dc.subjectHarvest valueen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Watersheden
dc.titleMeasuring the opportunity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical agricultureen
dc.typeAbstracten
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