Leonard Smith1, Paul Dargusch2 and Sebastian Thomas1 ABSTRACT The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is the principal source of carbon offsets in the global market, and is intended to be a key driver of sustainable development and technical transformation in developing countries. The distribution of CMD projects by country has been skewed, with over 75% of …
Paul Dargusch1,Shaun McMahonu1, Sebastian Thomas2 and Ray Collins1 ABSTRACT This article examines reasons for the lack of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects registered in Pacific Island Countries (only two of the 1699 projects registered as of 1 July 2009 were located in such countries) and assesses the potential for new project development in the region. …
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Jean-Francois Rochecouste and Paul Dargusch ABSTRACT This paper examines opportunities for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to consider financial mechanisms for the uptake of conservation agriculture (CA) practices in developing countries to reserve the loss of soil organic carbon. Conservation agriculture, commonly described as the reduction of tillage, maintaining soil cover …
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Medrilzam, Paul Dargusch and John Herbohn ABSTRACT REDD+ schemes are likely to be important components of climate change mitigation strategies for developing countries in a posy-Kyoto framework. Many tropical forest countries have been preparing their REDD+ structures in anticipation of the requirements for REDD+ investment. Indonesia, as one of the mean REDD+ supporters, is struggling …
Farwiza Farhan1, Medrilzam2 and Sebastian Thomas3 ABSTRACT Peat forest are considered to be one of the largest reserves of terrestrial carbon in the world, and play an important role in storing atmospheric carbon. Indonesia is home to nearly half of the world’s tropical peatlands, and as the country with the world’s second-highest deforestation rate (after …
Rodel Lasco1, Florencia Pulhin2, Leonida Bugayong2 and Marlo Mendoza3 ABSTRACT Many sectors in the Philippines are looking at the potential of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradtion-plus (REDD+) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to help finance forest protection and rehabilitation in the country. However, one major problem is that there …
Medrilzam and Paul Dargusch ABSTRACT Debate over arrangements for REDD+ in a post-Kyoto climate policy framework has been continuing in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations; however, no review of the applicability of the existing forest definition to future REDD+ implementation has been undertaken. This paper highlights the need to review the …
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Sebastian Thomas ABSTRACT In this introduction to the Annals of Tropical Research special issue on natural resource based carbon offsets a framework is provided for describing the architecture of global climate policy instruments and market mechanisms, and the relationships between these components of the international climate change mitigation and adaptation landscape is discussed. The principal …
Progress in Natural Resource Based Emission Reduction Activities in the Tropics Read More »