Sentences with word «afforestation»

In this study, the «temperature benefit» per unit of afforestation in tropical regions was around three times greater than that in northern - temperate or boreal regions.

He also says that any program that provides carbon credits for afforestation projects take soil carbon into account.

This is somewhat offset by our greatly reduced adoption of afforestation in the Land Use Sector, compared to the IPCC and others.

«This is roughly double of the carbon prices discussed in the current political debate, and substantially more than cost estimates for afforestation which are at 24 Euros per ton of CO2 removed.

The report lists various sources for financing forests» contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and outlines FAO's support to activities such as afforestation, reforestation, forest restoration, conservation and sustainable practices of forest management and use.

Creating more forest through afforestation also enhances Bangladesh's ability to sink carbon.

Quick note on afforestation in California: CA used the irrigation provided by its water project to sustain large groves of fruit and nut trees (whose product had large commercial value); subsequently, many of these trees were sacrificed to enhance the natural environment of the Delta Snail Darter (which has no commercial value), which has resulted in large stands of dead or moribund trees.

Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation in Bangladesh.

Schematic of carbon sequestration by afforestation under two different land conversion scenarios.

The need to privatise Ondo State Afforestation project becomes inevitable in order to avert dire consequences for the environment.

Reduction of climate change hazards through coastal afforestation with community participation.

The Black Death increased afforestation in Europe by one third, the mass death of farmers is bench marked across the Paleoclimatic climate records.

«The overall temperature benefits of any realistic afforestation efforts are expected to be marginal,» he says.

These include the effects that trees have on local atmospheric chemistry and potentially the clouds above them; until these are fully understood it is somewhat difficult to attribute a «temperature benefit» of a specific magnitude to a given afforestation scenario.

SBSTA 16 (FCCC / SBSTA / 2002 / 6, paragraphs 33 (a)--(c)-RRB- initiated the discussions regarding definitions and modalities for including afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM in the first commitment period.

This increased exposure for CDR approaches, which encompass both biological (e.g. afforestation, ecosystem restoration, land management, biochar, and bio-CCS) and chemical (e.g. direct air capture, enhanced mineral weathering) techniques — is a good thing for the climate change debate: we will likely need to have scalable, sustainable, cost - effective CDR systems as well as ways to reduce our emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Various policies have been proposed by which governments can sequester carbon by promoting afforestation and reforestation, slowing deforestation, and undertaking forest management activities under Articles -LSB-...]

Deforestation and afforestation change the land usage between forest and farmland at an adjustable percentage per year.

We estimate that removing 1 Pg C y − 1 via tropical afforestation would require at least 7 × 106 ha y − 1 of land, 0.09 Tg y − 1 of nitrogen, and 0.2 Tg y − 1 of phosphorous, and would increase evapotranspiration from those lands by almost 50 %.

David B. Benson No time this morning to read the studies you link above (sorry) so can I just ask: do they deal with the warming caused by lowering albedo through intensive desert afforestation?

When combined with Drawdown's bamboo and afforestation solutions, however, emissions reductions increase to 1.0 - 2.5 gigatons of carbon dioxide - equivalent per year by 2030.

J.Hohn, your argument applies for manufacturing industries that use natural resources, or perhaps natural resources like wind turbines and drone peat afforestation that have room to be scaled.

The Association fingered the Project Coordinator of West Africa Afforestation Project in the state, Mr. Weluche Umez of extorting unsuspecting members of the union under false Pretence.

The Ghana School Feeding Programme, National Afforestation Programme, Zongo Development Fund, and the Ghana Education Trust Fund are also mentioned in the lawsuit.

In some countries, notably China, aggressive afforestation efforts have led to an increase in forested areas.

A massive redistribution of land - use rights aims to boost afforestation and sustainable forestry.

Forest managers and aquatic biologists can use the study's data on specific streams for restoration planning and to assess the need for intervention (liming, riparian afforestation, native fish reintroduction) in stream reaches that are potentially vulnerable to warming, acidification, or both.

@ Steve Fish I am well aware that CO2 driven models have concluded that deforestation cools the planet and afforestation warms the planet.

Most of the scientists you mentioned (Hansen, Caldeira, Sachs) have their names on papers supporting at least afforestation, but often more.

«We are excited to approve this product that allows project proponents and landowners implementing ACR afforestation / reforestation, improved forest management and REDD projects to market all their offsets, yet fully mitigate future reversal risks.

Simplified Baseline and Monitoring Methodology for Small Scale CDM Afforestation and Reforestation on Wetlands

This is called afforestation, and as I mentioned in the piece, it has already happened on a large scale in the eastern United States, the former Soviet Union, China and some other areas.

This manual aims to assist stakeholders in developing afforestation and reforestation (A / R) projects under the clean development mechanism (CDM).

Times News Network: Government may on Thursday clear Rs 13,000 crore fund for its much awaited «Green India Mission» which aims at enhancing carbon sinks through large scale afforestation across the country.

Whilst the «temperature benefits» observed in this study are small compared to the level of warming that is likely to occur over the next century, it is perhaps premature to dismiss the role of afforestation until a more complete understanding of the climatic impacts of forests is achieved.

Taking carbon from the atmosphere is a process that results in a climatic cooling, and is the basis for suggesting afforestation as a strategy to mitigate climate change.

While afforestation — planting trees — is allowed under the Kyoto Protocol as a way for developed nations to offset their carbon emissions, avoiding deforestation, i.e. leaving the trees standing, is not.

In comparison, the total gain estimated from the UN REDD programme if fully implemented (including slowing deforestation and wide afforestation programmes), would by 2050 according to the IPCC amount to approximately 12 - 15 % of the required emission reductions.

In this section, we estimate resource requirements and ancillary damages associated with 1 Pg C y − 1 atmospheric carbon removal using either eucalyptus afforestation or switchgrass BECS.

The Southern Quebec Afforestation Project is publicly listed on the CSA CleanProjects Registry and has been 3rd party verified under ISO -14064-2 by Fournier Toupin CPA Inc..

The political consensus across the country on the issue of climate change has strengthened India's hands and it was able to project successfully the various initiatives taken by the Government including the ambitious target of generating 100,000 MW of solar energy, doubling of cess on coal for clean technologies, rapid afforestation through the Green India Mission and devolution of CAMPA funds to the states, expansion in wind energy and other Energy Efficiency measures.

With its low opportunity costs, dryland could therefore provide a unique chance to mitigate climate change through large - scale conservation and afforestation actions.

Our special interest in emission reductions in the land use and forest sectors led to the registration of seven new high quality afforestation / reforestation (A / R) projects in the U.S., Brazil and Madagascar.