Climate change mitigation: A spatial analysis of global land suitability for clean development mechanism afforestation and reforestation

• Published in: Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 126; no. 1; pp. 67 - 80
• Main Authors: Zomer, Robert J., Trabucco, Antonio, Bossio, Deborah A., Verchot, Louis V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2008; Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier
• Subjects: Afforestation; agriculture; arid zones; Asia; Carbon; carbon sequestration; CDM-AR; Clean Development Mechanism; Climate change; developing countries; economic development; environmental protection; food security; Forests; gas emissions; grasslands; greenhouse gases; international agreements; Kyoto Protocol; Land use; Land use change; pollution control; population density; poverty; Reforestation; savannas; South America; Spatial modeling; spatial variation; Sub-Saharan Africa; sustainable development; Trees; South America; Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Japan, Honshu, Kyoto Prefect., Kyoto; Africa; Trees; Climate change; Forests; Reforestation; CDM-AR; Land use change; Afforestation; Carbon; Land use; Spatial modeling

Within the Kyoto Protocol, the clean development mechanism (CDM) is an instrument intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while assisting developing countries in achieving sustainable development, with the multiple goals of poverty reduction, environmental benefits and cost-effective emission r...