| dc.contributor.author |
Paterson, Stacey |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Bryan, Brett Anthony |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2012-12-03T21:25:20Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2012-12-03T21:25:20Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2012 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8563 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
"Understanding the effects of payments on the adoption of reforestation in agricultural areas and the associated food-carbon trade-offs is necessary to inform climate change policy. Economic viability of reforestation under payment per hectare and payment per tonne schemes for carbon sequestration was assessed in a region in southern Australia supporting 6.1 Mha of rain-fed agriculture. The results show that under the median scenario, a carbon price of 27 A$/tCO2-e could make one-third of the study area (nearly 2 Mha) more profitable for reforestation than agriculture, and at 58 A$/tCO2-e all of the study area could become more profitable. The results were sensitive to variation in carbon risk factor, establishment costs, and discount rates. Pareto-optimal land allocation could realize one-third of the potential carbon sequestration from reforestation (16.35 MtCO2-e/yr at a carbon risk factor of 0.8) with a loss of less than one-tenth (107.89 A$M/yr) of the agricultural production. Both payment schemes resulted in efficiencies within 1% of the Pareto-optimum. Understanding food-carbon trade-offs and policy efficiencies can inform carbon policy design." |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
agriculture |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
carbon sequestration |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
ecosystems |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
food supply |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
land tenure and use |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
reforestation |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Food-Carbon Trade-offs between Agriculture and Reforestation Land Uses under Alternate Market-based Policies |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Journal Article |
en_US |
| dc.type.published |
published |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.region |
Pacific and Australia |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.country |
Australia |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Agriculture |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Forestry |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationjournal |
Ecology and Society |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationvolume |
17 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationnumber |
3 |
en_US |