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Agroforest's growing role in reducing carbon losses from Jambi (Sumatra), Indonesia

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This paper examines the size and intensity of changes among five land categories during the two time intervals in a region of Indonesia that is pioneering negotiations concerning reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). Maps at 1973, 1993, and 2005 indicate that land-cover change is accelerating, while carbon loss is decelerating in Jambi Province, Sumatra. Land dynamics have shifted from Forest loss during 1973-1993 to Agroforest loss during 1993-2005. Forest losses account for most reductions in aboveground carbon during the both time intervals, but Agroforest plays an increasingly important role in carbon reductions during the more recent interval. These results provide motivation for future REDD policies to count carbon changes associated with all influential land categories, such as Agroforests. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Publication Title

Regional Environmental Change

Publication Date

4-1-2014

Volume

14

Issue

2

First Page

825

Last Page

834

ISSN

1436-3798

DOI

10.1007/s10113-013-0525-4

Keywords

agroforest, carbon, Indonesia, intensity analysis, land-cover change, REDD

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