DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.040
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84949320044
论文题名: Assessing the roles of community forestry in climate change mitigation and adaptation: A case study from Nepal
作者: Pandey S.S. ; Cockfield G. ; Maraseni T.N.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 360 起始页码: 400
结束页码: 407
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Carbon stock
; Climate change
; Community forests
; Livelihoods
; REDD+
Scopus关键词: Deforestation
; Forestry
; Carbon stocks
; Climate change mitigation
; Community forest
; Community forest user groups
; Livelihoods
; REDD
; Sustainable management
; Vegetation diversities
; Climate change
英文摘要: Integration of the mitigation and adaptation roles of forests is important in addressing climate change issues. Community forests (CFs) have capacity to contribute in both roles as local communities are collectively working to improve forests and to fulfil their own basic forest product needs. Nowadays, an incentive mechanism for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, conservation of forests, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks in forests (REDD+) is emerging and already has received considerable attention in achieving climate change mitigation whereas there has been little analysis of its potential contribution to adaptation objectives, particularly at the community level. Therefore the overarching goal of this study was to analyse CFs from a mitigation and adaptation perspective. This study assesses 105 CFs covering a range of forest types managed by socially diverse communities of Nepal. Two point carbon data (2010 and 2013) was analysed to investigate differences in carbon stocks in these forests following the introduction of a REDD+ pilot program in Nepal. Similarly, a document review and focused group discussions were organised to evaluate the livelihood support and adaptation potential of pilot REDD+ CFs. This study found that community forest user groups (CFUGs) have increased forest carbon stocks and that the pilot REDD+ projects are also delivering livelihood benefits which ultimately will help adaptation to adverse climatic conditions. However, the motivation for communities to realise REDD+ carbon incentives may reduce the food supplement capacity of forests by limiting vegetation diversity. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65150
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作者单位: Institute for Agriculture and Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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Pandey S.S.,Cockfield G.,Maraseni T.N.. Assessing the roles of community forestry in climate change mitigation and adaptation: A case study from Nepal[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,360