Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems

Opportunities and Challenges

AvB. Mohan Kumar,P. K. Ramachandran Nair

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Del i serien Advances in Agroforestry

3 206 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

This book focuses on the role of multispecies production systems involving tree and crop species as a means for carbon sequestration and thereby reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-08-05
Mått:155 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt:658 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Advances in Agroforestry
Antal sidor:310
Upplaga:2011
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789400716292

Utforska kategorier

Innehållsförteckning

List of Contributors.- List of Reviewers.- Preface.- Section 1. Measurement and Estimation.- 1. Methodological challenges in estimating carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems.- 2. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry practices in temperate North America.- 3. Carbon sequestration in European agroforestry systems.- 4. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems in Africa.- 5. Soil carbon sequestration in cacao agroforestry systems: a case study from Bahia, Brazil.- 6. Carbon sequestration potential of silvopastoral and other land use systems in the Chilean Patagonia.- 7. Carbon pools in tree biomass and soils under rotational woodlot systems in eastern Tanzania.- 8. Silvopasture and carbon sequestration with special reference to the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado).- 9. Biomass and carbon accumulation in land use systems of Claveria, the Philippines.- Section 2. Agrobiodiversity and Tree management.- 10. Linking carbon, biodiversity and livelihoods near forest margins: the role of agroforestry.- 11. Assessing the carbon sequestration in short rotation coppices of Robinia pseudoacacia L. on marginal sites in northeast Germany.- 12. Does tree management affect biomass and soil carbon stocks of Acacia mangium Willd. stands in Kerala, India?.- Section 3. Policy and Socioeconomic Aspects.- 13. Can forest carbon finance influence land tenure security in project areas? Preliminary lessons from projects in Niger and Kenya.- 14. Constructing public policy in a participatory manner: from local carbon sequestration projects to network governance in Chiapas, Mexico.- 15. Inpang carbon bank in northeast Thailand: A community effort in carbon trading from agroforestry projects.- 16. The socioeconomic context of carbon sequestration in agroforestry: A case study from homegardens of Kerala, India.- Subject index.