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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Community monitoring of carbon stocks for REDD+: Does accuracy and cost change over time?
Forests, Volume 5, No. 8, Year 2014
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Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) is a potentially powerful international policy mechanism that many tropical countries are working towards implementing. Thus far, limited practical consideration has been paid to local rights to forests and forest resources in REDD+ readiness programs, beyond noting the importance of these issues. Previous studies have shown that community members can reliably and cost-effectively monitor forest biomass. At the same time, this can improve local ownership and forge important links between monitoring activities and local decision-making. Existing studies have, however, been static assessments of biomass at one point in time. REDD+ programs will require repeated surveys of biomass over extended time frames. Here, we examine trends in accuracy and costs of local forest monitoring over time. We analyse repeated measurements by community members and professional foresters of 289 plots over two years in four countries in Southeast Asia. This shows, for the first time, that with repeated measurements community members' biomass measurements become increasingly accurate and costs decline. These findings provide additional support to available evidence that community members can play a strong role in monitoring forest biomass in the local implementation of REDD+.© 2014 by the authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brofeldt, Søren
Denmark, Copenhagen
Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology
Theilade, Ida
Denmark, Frederiksberg
Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi Ifro
Burgess, Neil David
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Danielsen, Finn
Unknown Affiliation
Poulsen, Michael Køie
Denmark, Copenhagen
Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology
Adrian, Teis
Denmark, Copenhagen
Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology
Bang, Tran Nguyen
Viet Nam, Hanoi
Vietnam National University of Agriculture
Budiman, Arif
Indonesia, Jakarta
Wwf-indonesia
Jensen, Jan
Denmark, Frederiksberg
Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi Ifro
Jensen, Arne E.
Denmark, Copenhagen
Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology
Kurniawan, Yuyun
Indonesia, Jakarta
Wwf-indonesia
Lægaard, Simon B.L.
Denmark, Frederiksberg
Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi Ifro
Mingxu, Zhao
Kenya, Nairobi
World Agroforestry Centre
Van Noordwijk, Meine V.
Indonesia, Bogor
Center for International Forestry Research, West Java
Rahayu, Subekti
Indonesia, Bogor
Center for International Forestry Research, West Java
Rutishauser, Ervan
Unknown Affiliation
Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich
Indonesia, Jakarta
Wwf-indonesia
China, Kunming
Kunming Institute of Botany
Warta, Zulfira
Indonesia, Jakarta
Wwf-indonesia
Widayati, Atiek
Indonesia, Bogor
Center for International Forestry Research, West Java
Statistics
Citations: 52
Authors: 19
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/f5081834
e-ISSN:
19994907
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study