Methodological Issues In Forestry Mitigation Projects: A CaseStudy Of Kolar District
There is a need to assess climate change mitigationopportunities in forest sector in India in the context of methodologicalissues such as additionality, permanence, leakage, measurement andbaseline development in formulating forestry mitigation projects. A casestudy of forestry mitigation project in semi-arid community grazing landsand farmlands in Kolar district of Karnataka, was undertaken with regardto baseline and project scenariodevelopment, estimation of carbon stockchange in the project, leakage estimation and assessment ofcost-effectiveness of mitigation projects. Further, the transaction coststo develop project, and environmental and socio-economic impact ofmitigation project was assessed.The study shows the feasibility ofestablishing baselines and project C-stock changes. Since the area haslow or insignificant biomass, leakage is not an issue. The overallmitigation potential in Kolar for a total area of 14,000 ha under variousmitigation options is 278,380 tC at a rate of 20 tC/ha for the period2005-2035, which is approximately 0.67 tC/ha/yr inclusive of harvestregimes under short rotation and long rotation mitigation options. Thetransaction cost for baseline establishment is less than a rupee/tC andfor project scenario development is about Rs. 1.5-3.75/tC. The projectenhances biodiversity and the socio-economic impact is alsosignificant.
- Research Organization:
- COLLABORATION - Indian Institute ofScience
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 927373
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-61459; MASCFV; R&D Project: E14841; BnR: 400408000; TRN: US200811%%123
- Journal Information:
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for GlobalChange, Vol. 12, Issue 6; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: July 2007; ISSN 1381-2386
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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