Mitigation Options in Forestry, Land-Use, Change and Biomass Burning in Africa
Mitigation options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in land use sectors are describe in some detail. The paper highlights those options in the forestry sector, which are more relevant to different parts of Africa. It briefly outlines a bottom-up methodological framework for comprehensively assessing mitigation options in land use sectors. This method emphasizes the application of end-use demand projections to construct a baseline and mitigation scenarios and explicitly addresses the carbon storage potential on land and in wood products, as well as use of wood to substitute for fossil fuels. Cost-effectiveness indicators for ranking mitigation options are proposed, including those, which account for non-carbon monetary benefits such as those derived from forest products, as well as opportunity cost of pursuing specific mitigation option. The paper finally surveys the likely policies, barriers and incentives to implement such mitigation options in African countries .
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- United Nations Environment Programme/Global Environment Facility (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 8687
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-42767; TRN: US200305%%780
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Climate Change Mitigation in Africa, Victoria Falls (ZW), 05/18/1998--05/20/1998; Other Information: Supercedes report DE00008687; PBD: 1 Jun 1998; PBD: 1 Jun 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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