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Can carbon sequestration markets benefit low-income producers in semi-arid Africa? Potentials and challenges |
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| Authors: | Carlos Perez Carla Roncoli Constance Neely Jean L Steiner |
| Institution: | 1. Tropical Agriculture, Earth Institute, Columbia University, Lamont Hall 2G, 61 Route 9 W, P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, New York, USA;2. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA;3. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, GA, USA;4. USDA, Agricultural Research Service, El Reno, Ok, USA |
| Abstract: | The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change allows a country that emits C above agreed-upon limits to purchase C offsets from an entity that uses biological means to absorb or reduce greenhouse emissions. The CDM is currently offered for afforestation and reforestation projects, but may apply subsequently to sequestration in agricultural soils. Additionally, markets outside of the Protocol are developing for soil C sequestration. |
| Keywords: | Soil carbon Carbon sequestration Carbon markets Carbon credits Poverty reduction Drylands West Africa |
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