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| contents | <p>Large scale reforestation in the tropics has the potential to <br>sequester large amounts of carbon and help to mitigate the buildup <br>of atmospheric carbon dioxide. However unless the causes of <br>deforestation are addressed, reforestation efforts will be in vain. <br> The link between deforestation and reforestation operates within <br>the domain of human intervention on the landscape, and includes the <br>patterns of land resource use and access. This paper considers the <br>role that land and tree tenure (resource use and access) of <br>agroforestry can have in reducing both the rate of conversion of <br>forest to agriculture--the largest biotic emission of carbon--and <br>forest degradation; thereby allowing both natural forests as well <br>as reforestation to participate in carbon uptake. The operational <br>land use and tenure aspects of agroforestry, and the impacts of these <br>on deforestation, and in overcoming the obstacles to large scale <br>reforestation, are presented. The utilization of marginal lands, <br>and the adoption, growth, and spread of agroforestry systems in the <br>carbon context, are also discussed. </p> |
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| spellingShingle | Agroforestry, reforested and the carbon problem: the role and land and tree tenure Unruh, Jon <p>Large scale reforestation in the tropics has the potential to <br>sequester large amounts of carbon and help to mitigate the buildup <br>of atmospheric carbon dioxide. However unless the causes of <br>deforestation are addressed, reforestation efforts will be in vain. <br> The link between deforestation and reforestation operates within <br>the domain of human intervention on the landscape, and includes the <br>patterns of land resource use and access. This paper considers the <br>role that land and tree tenure (resource use and access) of <br>agroforestry can have in reducing both the rate of conversion of <br>forest to agriculture--the largest biotic emission of carbon--and <br>forest degradation; thereby allowing both natural forests as well <br>as reforestation to participate in carbon uptake. The operational <br>land use and tenure aspects of agroforestry, and the impacts of these <br>on deforestation, and in overcoming the obstacles to large scale <br>reforestation, are presented. The utilization of marginal lands, <br>and the adoption, growth, and spread of agroforestry systems in the <br>carbon context, are also discussed. </p> |
| title | Agroforestry, reforested and the carbon problem: the role and land and tree tenure |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18192613 |