How attractive are short-term CDM forestations in arid regions? The case of irrigated croplands in Uzbekistan

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-117

  Djanibekov, Utkur ^a   Khamzina, Asia ^a   Djanibekov, Nodir ^a   Lamers, John P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Marginal croplands; Non timber tree products; Short rotation forestry; TCER; Water saving

Indexed keywords

MARGINAL CROPLANDS; NON-TIMBER TREE PRODUCTS; SHORT ROTATION; TCER; WATER SAVING;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; COTTON; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; FRUITS; PROFITABILITY; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; TIMBER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

ANIMALIA; ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861704022     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. ADB Statistical Database System (SDBS): Consumer Price Index Uzbekistan 2009 Last access: January 2012. https://sdbs.adb.org/sdbs/index.jsp.
2. Baral A., Guha G.S. Trees for carbon sequestration or fossil fuel substitution: the issue of cost vs. carbon benefit. Biomass and Bioenergy 2004, 27(1):41-55.
3. Benítez P., Obersteiner M. Site identification for carbon sequestration in Latin America: a grid-based economic approach. Forest Policy and Economics 2006, 8(6):636-651.
4. Boyd E., Gutierrez M., Chang M. Small-scale forest carbon projects: adapting CDM to low-income communities. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions 2007, 17(2):250-259.
5. Chokkalingam U., Vanniarachchy S.A. CDM AR Did Not Fail and Is Not Dead 2011, Forest Carbon Asia. http://www.forestcarbonasia.org.
6. Creedy J., Wurzbacher A.D. The economic value of a forested catchment with timber, water and carbon sequestration benefits. Ecological Economics 2001, 38(1):71-83.
7. Croitoru L. Valuing the non-timber forest products in the Mediterranean region. Ecological Economics 2007, 63(4):768-775.
8. Djalalov A.A., Ishanov K.K., Azimov U.A. Project Proposal on Strategic Planning to Fulfil the Principles of Integrated Water Resource Management (National Report, the Republic of Uzbekistan) 2005, (in Russian).
9. Djanibekov, N., 2008. A micro-economic analysis of farm restructuring in the Khorezm region, Uzbekistan. Dissertation. ZEF, Bonn University, Germany.
10. Djanibekov N., Lamers J.P.A., Bobojonov I. Land consolidation for increasing cotton production in Uzbekistan: also adequate for triggering rural development?. Proceedings of the Fourth Green Week Scientific Conference. 2010, 56:140-149. IAMO Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle (Saale). K. Labar, M. Petrick, G. Buchenrieder (Eds.).
11. Djumaeva D., Djanibekov N., Vlek P.L.G., Martius C., Lamers J.P.A. Options for optimizing dairy feed rations with foliage of trees grown in the irrigated drylands of Central Asia. Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences 2009, 5(5):698-708.
12. El Beltagy A. ICARDA'S experience in rehabilitation of degraded drylands in Central and Western Asia and Northern Africa. Proceedings of international workshop on Combating Desertification: UNESCO-MAB Drylands Series 2002, 2:1-4. K. Lee, T. Schaaf (Eds.).
13. Galinato G.I., Uchida S. Evaluating temporary certified emission reductions in reforestation and afforestation programs. Environmental and Resource Economics 2010, 46(1):111-133.
14. Glazirin G.E., Chanishev S.G., Chub V.E. Kratkie polojeniya klimata Uzbekistana 1999, Chinor ENK - Galaba, Tashkent, (in Russian).
15. Guitart A.B., Rodriguez L.C.E. Private valuation of carbon sequestration in forest plantations. Ecological Economics 2010, 69(3):451-458.
16. Hamilton K., Chokkalingam U., Bendana M. State of the forest carbon markets 2009: taking root and branching out. Ecosystem Marketplace, 88 2010, http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com.
17. Hbirkou C., Martius C., Khamzina A., Lamers J.P.A., Welp G., Amelung W. Reducing topsoil salinity and raising carbon stocks through afforestation in Khorezm, Uzbekistan. Journal of Arid Environments 2011, 75(2):146-155.
18. IPCC The physical science basis. Contribution of working group I to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2007 2007, Cambridge University Press. S. Solomon, D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor, H.L. Miller (Eds.).
19. Kan E., Lamers J.P.A., Eshchanov R., Khamzina A. Small-scale farmers' perceptions and knowledge of tree intercropping systems in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan. Forests, trees and livelihoods 2008, 18(4):355-372.
20. Kaul M., Mohren G.M.J., Dadhwal V.K. Carbon storage versus fossil fuel substitution: a climate change mitigation option for two different land use categories based on short and long rotation forestry in India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 2010, 15(4):395-409.
21. Khamzina A., Lamers J.P.A., Vlek P.L.G. Tree establishment under deficit irrigation on degraded agricultural land in the lower Amu Darya River region, Aral Sea Basin. Forest Ecology and Management 2008, 255(1):168-178.
22. Khamzina A., Sommer R., Lamers J.P.A., Vlek P.L.G. Transpiration and early growth of tree plantations established on degraded cropland over shallow saline groundwater table in northwest Uzbekistan. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2009, 149(11):1865-1874.
23. Khamzina A., Lamers J.P.A., Vlek P.L.G. Nitrogen fixation by Elaeagnus angustifolia L. in the reclamation of degraded croplands of Central Asia. Tree Physiology 2009, 29(6):799-808.
24. Khamzina A., Lamers J.P.A., Vlek P.L.G. Conversion of degraded cropland to tree plantations for ecosystem and livelihood benefits. Cotton, Water, Salts and Soums - Economic and Ecological Restructuring in Khorezm 2012, 235-248. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York. C. Martius, I. Rudenko, J.P.A. Lamers, P.L.G. Vlek (Eds.).
25. Krcmar E., van Kooten G.C., Vertinsky I. Managing forest and marginal agricultural land for multiple tradeoffs: compromising on economic, carbon and structural diversity objectives. Ecological Modelling 2005, 185(2-4):451-468.
26. Lamers J.P.A., Bobojonov I., Khamzina A., Franz J.S. Financial analysis of small-scale forests in the Amu Darya lowlands of rural Uzbekistan. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 2008, 18(4):375-382.
27. Maréchal K., Hecq W. Temporary credits: a solution to the potential non-permanence of carbon sequestration in forests?. Ecological Economics 2006, 58(4):699-716.
28. Martius C., Froebrich J., Nuppenau E.A. Water resource management for improving environmental security and rural livelihoods in the irrigated Amu Darya lowlands. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, Berlin 2008, 3. H.G. Brauch, J. Grin, C. Mesjasz, P. Dunay, N. Chadha Behera, B. Chourou, P.H. Oswald Spring, U. Liotta, P. Kameri-Mbote (Eds.).
29. Miah Md., Koike M., Shin M.Y., Akther S. Forest biomass and bioenergy production and the role of CDM in Bangladesh. New Forests 2011, 42(1):63-84.
30. Michaelowa A., Stronzik M. Transaction costs of the Kyoto mechanisms. Hamburg Institute of International Economics Discussion Paper 2002, 175:35.
31. Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan Guide for Water Engineers in Shirkats and WUAs 2001, Scientific production association Mirob-A, Tashkent.
32. Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan Land and Water Use Values for Uzbekistan for 1992-2009 2010.
33. Müller, M., 2006. A general equilibrium approach to modeling water and land use reforms in Uzbekistan. Dissertation. ZEF, Bonn University, Germany.
34. Neeff T., Henders S. Guidebook to markets and commercialisation of forestry CDM projects. Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) 2007, http://www.ecosecurities.com.
35. Niu X., Duiker W.S. Carbon sequestration potential by afforestation of marginal agricultural land in the Midwestern. U.S. Forest Ecology and Management 2006, 223(1-3):415-427.
36. Nosetto M.D., Jobbágy E.G., Paruelo J.M. Carbon sequestration in semi-arid rangelands: comparison of Pinus ponderosa plantations and grazing exclusion in NW Patagonia. Journal of Arid Environments 2006, 67(1):142-156.
37. Olschewski R., Benítez P.C. Secondary forests as temporary carbon sinks? The economic impact of accounting methods on reforestation projects in the tropics. Ecological Economics 2005, 55(3):380-394.
38. Olschewski R., Benítez P.C. Optimizing joint production of timber and carbon sequestration of afforestation projects. Journal of Forest Economics 2010, 16(1):1-10.
39. Olschewski R., Benítez P.C., de Koning G.H.J., Schlichter T. How attractive are forest carbon sinks? Economic insights into supply and demand of Certified Emission Reductions. Journal of Forest Economics 2005, 11(2):77-94.
40. Parks P.J., Hardie I.W. Least-cost forest carbon reserves: cost-effective subsidies to convert marginal agricultural land to forests. Land Economics 1995, 71(1):122-136.
41. Perelet R. Fighting climate change: human solidarity in a divided world. Human Development Report 2007/2008 2007, 147-157.
42. Pomfret R. Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies 2008, 297-338. World Bank, Washington DC. K. Anderson, J. Swinnen (Eds.).
43. Scheer C., Wassmann R., Kienzler K., Ibraghimov N., Lamers J.P.A., Martius C. Methane and nitrous oxide fluxes in annual and perennial land-use systems of the irrigated areas in the Aral Sea Basin. Global Change Biology 2008, 14(10):2454-2468.
44. Schlamadinger B., Ratton M., Bird N. A Proposal to Increase the Small Scale Limit for A/R Projects. Encofor 2007, http://www.joanneum.at/encofor/publication/SSCARlimit.pdf.
45. State Committee on Land Resources of Uzbekistan Workbook on bonitet measurement of irrigated areas of the Republic of Uzbekistan 2002, 1-12. (in Russian).
46. State Land Cadastre of Uzbekistan Land Quality Indicators for the Khorezm Province for 1992-2009 2010.
47. State Statistical Committee of Uzbekistan Socio-Economic Indicators of Uzbekistan for 1998-2009 2010.
48. Tal A., Gordon J. Carbon cautious: Israel's afforestation experience and approach to sequestration. Small-Scale Forestry 2010, 9(4):409-428.
49. Thomas S., Dargusch P., Harrison S., Herbohn J. Why are there so few afforestation and reforestation CDM projects?. Land Use Policy 2010, 27(3):880-892.
50. Tischbein B., Awan U.K., Abdullaev I., Bobojonov I., Conrad C., Forkutsa I., Ibrakhimov M., Poluasheva G. Water management in Khorezm: current situation and options for improvement (hydrological perspective). Cotton, Water, Salts and Soums - Economic and Ecological Restructuring in Khorezm, Uzberkistan 2012, 69-94. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York. C. Martius, I. Rudenko, J.P.A. Lamers, P.L.G. Vlek (Eds.).
51. UNEP Guidebook to financing CDM projects. The UNEP Project CD4CDM 2007, 104.
52. UNFCCC Implications of possible changes to the limit for small-scale afforestation and reforestation clean development mechanism project activities. Decision Paper CMP 2007, 3.
53. Unruh J.D. Carbon sequestration in Africa: the land tenure problem. Global Environmental Change 2008, 18(4):700-707.
54. Van Kooten G.C. Economic dynamics of tree planting for carbon uptake on marginal agricultural lands. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 2000, 48(1):51-65.
55. Vildanova G. Forest and forest products. Country profile Uzbekistan. Geneva Timber and Forest Discussion Paper 45 2006, ECE/TIM/DP/45, 68.
56. World Bank Global Condition of Environment. Tashkent 2002.