Zelek, C.Shively, Gerald E.2016-04-192016-04-192003Land Economics 79(3): 342-3540023-76391543-8325http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65718Metadata only recordThe 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.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightCarbon sequestrationIncome generationEnvironmental impactsTropical zonesAfforestationLand use managementSoil qualityModelingForestryEconomic modeling and analysisReforestationEconomic impactsAgroforestrySmall holder enterpriseAgricultureManupali watershedThe PhilippinesGreenhouse gasesCarbon dioxide (CO2)FallowLand conversionCarbon storageBiomassMarginal costOpportunity costsParaserianthes falcatariaKyoto ProtocolClean Development Mechanism (CDM)Harvest valueFarm/Enterprise Scale WatershedAbstractCopyright 2005 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System