Enhancing Carbon Stocks and Reducing CO2 Emissions in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Projects

There is global interest in promoting mitigation and adaptation in agriculture, forest, and other land-use (AFOLU) sectors to address the twin goals of climate change and sustainable development. This guideline deals with how to enhance carbon stocks in general in all land-based projects and its specific relationship with agriculture productivity. It outlines specific steps and procedures that need to be followed by project proponents and managers of land-based projects to enhance carbon stocks synergistically with increasing crop productivity. This guideline for carbon stock enhancement or CO2 emission reduction in agriculture and natural resource management (NRM) projects covering all land-use sectors presents two approaches. The first approach is a generic one covering all the land categories and interventions aimed at promoting the economic benefits (crop, timber, and non-timber wood product production, and employment or livelihood generation) and environmental benefits (soil and water conservation, land reclamation, and biodiversity protection) of a project, synergistically optimizing carbon stock enhancement as a co-benefit. The second approach provides guidelines for project developers to maximize project C-benefits along with promoting high-value cropping systems and production practices appropriate for a given agro-ecological region as well as to meet the needs of the local stakeholders, such as farmers or landless laborers. An illustration of the two approaches is presented at the end of the executive summary. The guidelines provide methods for selection and incorporation of carbon stock enhancement modules and practices along with methods for estimation and monitoring of carbon stock changes as well as assessment of social and economic implications of carbon enhancement (C-enhancement) interventions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Handbook biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-02
Subjects:	ABATEMENT, ADAPTATION FUND, ADVERSE EFFECTS, AFFORESTATION, AGRICULTURAL LANDS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SOILS, AGRICULTURE, ATMOSPHERE, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION, BIOENERGY, BIOGAS, BIOMASS, BIOMASS CARBON, BIOMASS CONVERSION, BIOMASS PRODUCTION, CALCULATION, CARBON, CARBON BALANCE, CARBON BENEFITS, CARBON DENSITY, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON IMPACTS, CARBON IN BIOMASS, CARBON INVENTORY, CARBON MEASUREMENT, CARBON MITIGATION, CARBON MONITORING, CARBON NEUTRAL, CARBON PAYMENTS, CARBON POOL, CARBON POOLS, CARBON PRICE, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON SINK, CARBON SINKS, CARBON STOCK, CARBON STOCK CHANGES, CARBON STOCKS, CARBON TRADING, CH4, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CO, CO2, COASTAL ZONES, COLORS, CONSERVATION MEASURES, CONSERVATION PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP RESIDUE, CROP RESIDUES, CROPLAND, CROPLAND MANAGEMENT, CROPPING SYSTEMS, CROPS, DAMS, DEFORESTATION RATES, DEGRADED LAND, DEGRADED LANDS, DESERTIFICATION, DESERTS, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DRAINAGE, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEMS, EMISSION, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EMISSIONS FROM FERTILIZER PRODUCTION, EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE, EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES, EMISSIONS REDUCTION, ENERGY CROPS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, EROSION, EROSION CONTROL, ESTIMATES OF CARBON, FARM PONDS, FARMS, FERTILIZATION, FERTILIZERS, FIELD WORK, FIRE MANAGEMENT, FISHING, FLOOD PROTECTION, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOREST, FOREST AREA, FOREST BIODIVERSITY, FOREST CARBON, FOREST CARBON SEQUESTRATION, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST LAND, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST PLANTATION, FOREST PRODUCTION, FOREST REGENERATION, FOREST SECTOR, FOREST SINKS, FORESTRY, FORESTRY PROJECTS, FORESTRY SECTOR, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL POWER, FOSSIL FUELS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FRUIT, FUEL REQUIREMENTS, FUEL SUBSTITUTION, FUELS, GHG, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY, GLOBAL FOREST, GLOBAL INTEREST, GLOBAL WARMING, GRASSES, GRASSLANDS, GRAZING LAND MANAGEMENT, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION, GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES, GREENHOUSE GASES, GROUND BIOMASS, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, HYDROLOGY, INCOME, IPCC, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND RECLAMATION, LAND USE, LOW-CARBON, MANURE, MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE, MITIGATION POTENTIAL, MMA, MULCH, N2O, NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUTRIENTS, ORGANIC CARBON, ORGANIC MATTER, ORGANIC SOILS, PASTURES, PEAT, PLANTATIONS, POWER GENERATION, RAIN, RAINWATER, RANGES, RATE OF DEFORESTATION, RECYCLING, REDUCED CO2, REDUCING EMISSIONS, REDUCTION IN CARBON, RESOURCE CONSERVATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RESTORATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, RIVER, RUNOFF, SAMPLE PLOTS, SAMPLE SIZE, SAMPLING DESIGN, SILVICULTURE, SOIL CARBON, SOILS, SPECIES, STRATIFICATION, STREAM, STREAMS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FOREST, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, TIMBER, TOPOGRAPHY, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, TROPICAL FORESTS, TROPICS, UNEP, VEGETATION, WASTE, WATERSHED, WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT, WATERSHEDS, WETLAND, WETLAND CONSERVATION, WETLANDS, WOOD PRODUCTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/830421468331786085/Enhancing-carbon-stocks-and-reducing-CO2-emissions-in-agriculture-and-natural-resource-management-projects-toolkit https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27117
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