The document presents a simple model for estimating reductions in carbon emissions from alternative forest management policies under a REDD program. The model compares carbon storage over time under a baseline 3% deforestation scenario to three policy scenarios: full forest protection, sustainable forest management with 3% harvesting and replanting, and plantation management. It finds that while full protection stores the most carbon, policies allowing modest harvesting could still generate carbon credits while providing forest income, especially if carbon stored in long-lived wood products is included. However, rapid-turnover plantations are unlikely to qualify for REDD credits due to low overall carbon storage.
Jim O'Shaughnessy Go Green Going Carbon Neutral Workshop slidesGo Green
Jim O' Shaughnessy, who has worked in land management and forestry for over 20 years and now a social forestry and sustainability consultant talks us through the Woodland Carbon Code and how he worked on Project Carbon with DAS Ltd.
Based on the example of Appleton Farms, America’s oldest working farm and a commercial- scale vegetable and dairy operation, we will present the farm’s detailed carbon-counting model, review the specific measures used to eliminate it’s carbon footprint and then facilitate an interactive discussion on ways to engage the public in sustainability.
Fauna and Flora's Approach to Conservation in West Kalimantan, Indonesiajeffchatellier
Fauna Flora International has engaged Forest Carbon, a leading forestry and REDD project consulting company to develop three REDD plus projects in West Kalimantan.
Forest Carbon: www.forest-carbon.org
Jim O'Shaughnessy Go Green Going Carbon Neutral Workshop slidesGo Green
Jim O' Shaughnessy, who has worked in land management and forestry for over 20 years and now a social forestry and sustainability consultant talks us through the Woodland Carbon Code and how he worked on Project Carbon with DAS Ltd.
Based on the example of Appleton Farms, America’s oldest working farm and a commercial- scale vegetable and dairy operation, we will present the farm’s detailed carbon-counting model, review the specific measures used to eliminate it’s carbon footprint and then facilitate an interactive discussion on ways to engage the public in sustainability.
Fauna and Flora's Approach to Conservation in West Kalimantan, Indonesiajeffchatellier
Fauna Flora International has engaged Forest Carbon, a leading forestry and REDD project consulting company to develop three REDD plus projects in West Kalimantan.
Forest Carbon: www.forest-carbon.org
This short report details our total household carbon footprint (direct + indirect) for 2020. I show the steps I have taken for us to achieve 'net zero emissions' status for that year.
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
Nearly half the world’s population cook on open fires using solid fuels like wood and charcoal, the toxic smoke of which kills more than four million people a year – more than malaria, HIV/Aids and tuberculosis combined.
While safe and affordable clean cooking solutions exist which can dramatically reduce fuel consumption and exposure to harmful smoke, encouraging people to switch to cleaner stoves has been much more difficult than anticipated.
This presentation looks at how carbon finance can be used to fund projects to help deliver energy access to poor people in developing countries. It looks at a project in Darfur, Sudan, which has used carbon credits and microfinance to help 15,000 families replace traditional fires with LPG stoves. The project has not only eliminated deadly smoke from homes and countless hours searching for firewood, but also has reduced deforestation and created jobs.
Mr. Oliver Frith is the Acting Programme Director at the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and based in Beijing, China. He has an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University and an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge. He has worked at INBAR’s Beijing Headquarters for over 7 years, managing and advising livelihood development and environmental projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Presentation by The Climate Trust's Program Manager, Peter Weisberg, at the Sustainable Food Trade Association. Presentation includes: the basics of biogas, project case studies; and the climate benefit of biogas.
Soil Carbon Trading: Lessons Learned From ForestsCarbon Coalition
Dr Annette Cowie of the NSW Department of Primary Industries shares the secret formula for success used by forest offset promoters to get credititation and to convince governments that they were socially positive.
Creating a place-based PES scheme in the South PenninesAberdeen CES
Presentation given to South Pennine Ecosystem Service Pilot steering group about potential for a place-based Payment for Ecosystem Service scheme in the South Pennines, as part of a project funded by Natural England and DEFRA, January 2013 (by Mark Reed)
This short report details our total household carbon footprint (direct + indirect) for 2020. I show the steps I have taken for us to achieve 'net zero emissions' status for that year.
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
Nearly half the world’s population cook on open fires using solid fuels like wood and charcoal, the toxic smoke of which kills more than four million people a year – more than malaria, HIV/Aids and tuberculosis combined.
While safe and affordable clean cooking solutions exist which can dramatically reduce fuel consumption and exposure to harmful smoke, encouraging people to switch to cleaner stoves has been much more difficult than anticipated.
This presentation looks at how carbon finance can be used to fund projects to help deliver energy access to poor people in developing countries. It looks at a project in Darfur, Sudan, which has used carbon credits and microfinance to help 15,000 families replace traditional fires with LPG stoves. The project has not only eliminated deadly smoke from homes and countless hours searching for firewood, but also has reduced deforestation and created jobs.
Mr. Oliver Frith is the Acting Programme Director at the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and based in Beijing, China. He has an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University and an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge. He has worked at INBAR’s Beijing Headquarters for over 7 years, managing and advising livelihood development and environmental projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Presentation by The Climate Trust's Program Manager, Peter Weisberg, at the Sustainable Food Trade Association. Presentation includes: the basics of biogas, project case studies; and the climate benefit of biogas.
Soil Carbon Trading: Lessons Learned From ForestsCarbon Coalition
Dr Annette Cowie of the NSW Department of Primary Industries shares the secret formula for success used by forest offset promoters to get credititation and to convince governments that they were socially positive.
Creating a place-based PES scheme in the South PenninesAberdeen CES
Presentation given to South Pennine Ecosystem Service Pilot steering group about potential for a place-based Payment for Ecosystem Service scheme in the South Pennines, as part of a project funded by Natural England and DEFRA, January 2013 (by Mark Reed)
Mark Leighton - Forests: A Pivotal Player bio4climate
Mark Leighton - Forests: A Pivotal Player
From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming"
Saturday November 22nd, 2014
Mark Leighton - Forests: A Pivotal Player
From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming"
Saturday November 22nd, 2014
Il mondo della carbon neutrality e degli impegni net zeroEtifor srl
Primo appuntamento della Etifor Masterclass "Strategie climatiche per aziende responsabili", che si è tenuta il 23.05.2023. La lezione ha affrontato diverse tematiche: dalle strategie per migliorare gli impatti aziendali, all’importanza dei target basati sulla scienza, passando per le tecniche per evitare il greenwashing.
Assessing the bio-diverse and carbon forest plantings as one of the land-base...SPERI
This essay aims to assess the extent to which biodiverse and carbon forest plantings can be used to mitigate Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Crucial in this assessment is the question of scale i.e. defining the scale at which can the option generate positive impacts given currently limited investments. In relation to scale, it is essential to understand the level of uptake (or rate of adoption) by rural landholders as to understand the current interests, and thus reflecting the credibility and feasibility of the option. This essay concludes that biodiverse and carbon forest plantings has a potential to contribute to climate change mitigation; nevertheless, would require to reach out to rural landholders for higher uptake as well as (possibly) demanding stable carbon pricing mechanism to achieve further credibility
The latest version of our pitch to launch a radical programme of woodland creation across England's Northwest. Our target? A more productive, low carbon landscape with woodland cover doubled within a generation.
The future of forests in the low-emissions development agendaCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented at the COP21 side event 'Forests, landscapes, climate & sustainable development – The evidence we need for the future we want' by Markku Kanninen on 3 December 2015.
TNC view of fire emissions and fuels treatment in the context of an open and constructive debate in the field of forest carbon, both scientifically and politically
1. A Little REDD Model Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation Richard G. Dudley [email_address]
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9. Model Basics Amount of CO2 Stored in Forest Lands amount of CO2 being sequestered by the forest release of carbon stored in forest Forest Area deforestation forestation EXPECTED DEFORESTATION RATE mean amount CO2 stored per ha SATURATION AMOUNT TIME NEEDED TO REACH SATURATION
10. Baseline Scenario Policy Scenario - = Two Copies of the Model: a Policy Scenario and a Baseline Scenario
11. Value of Avoided Carbon Emissions Best option for determining value of carbon credits baseline net change in forest C policy net change in forest C Accumulated Policy Caused Forest C net C change due to policy differences value per ton of avoided emissions of carbon Accumulated Value of Policy Caused Forest C increasing extra carbon value decreasing extra carbon value mean value of extra forest stored carbon accumulating value of carbon due to policy differences
12. Carbon in Forest Products? Carbon in Forest Products product decomposition product length of life fraction of C releases captured in durable products C being stored in products release of C stored in forest
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14. Tons of carbon per hectare Baseline vs Policy Scenario: Carbon in Forest Lands 250 200 150 100 50 0 Difference = avoided emissions Baseline: 3% deforestation Policy: Protect Forest Average 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Year
15. Value of Avoided Emissions of CO2 Due to Policy Scenario This is a good indicator of the level of payments that might be expected under REDD Probably a discounted value of this flow 2,000 $ 80 $/Year 1,500 $ 60 $/Year 1,000 $ 40 $/Year 500 $ 20 $/Year 0 $ 0 $/Year 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Year value of policy caused carbon in forest $/hectare accumulating value of forest carbon $/year per hectare
16. Value of Avoided Emissions of CO2 Due to Policy Scenario For example: Perhaps a 25 year contract with an ultimate total amount paid of perhaps $1,100 per hectare With a declining payment schedule Payment schedule 2,000 $ 80 $/Year 1,500 $ 60 $/Year 1,000 $ 40 $/Year 500 $ 20 $/Year 0 $ 0 $/Year 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Year value of policy caused carbon in forest $/hectare accumulating carbon value $/year per hectare
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19. Baseline vs Policy Scenario: Carbon in Forest Lands 200 New Policy Difference = avoided emissions Baseline: 3% deforestation Policy: Sustainable Forest Management Original Policy: Protect Forest 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 Year 250 200 150 100 50 0 tons
20. Policy: Sustainable Forest Management accumulating carbon value $/year per hectare value of policy caused carbon in forest $/hectare
21. Policy: Sustainable Forest Management Probable 25 Year payment schedule Compare to payments under full forest protection accumulating carbon value $/year per hectare value of policy caused carbon in forest $/hectare
22. Policy: Sustainable Forest management Change in Stored Carbon: Forest + Products Additional avoided emissions due to policy caused differences in carbon stored in forest products Avoided emissions due to sustainable forest management compared to baseline of 3% deforestation 1. This difference is also dependent on what wood from deforested lands was used for Carbon in products is important, BUT 2. Who would receive payments for carbon credits derived from wood products? 250 200 150 100 50 0 tons
23. Value of Avoided Emissions for Three Possible Policies compared to 3% deforestation Year $/ Year Protect forest Forest management Plantation management 80 40 0 -40 -80 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50