Rural Livelihoods and Carbon Management

Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities

Rural communities, which manage much of the Nation's land and natural resources, face unique challenges and opportunities due to climate change (KM 11.3). Read ...

Plan Vivo System - Carbon Offset Guide

... sustainable development and improving rural livelihoods and ecosystem services. Plan Vivo projects work closely with rural smallholders and communities and ...

Promoting Agroforestry Systems for Livelihoods and Ecosystem ...

[88] focused on crisis management of rural livelihoods through ... In Plans and Policies for Soil Organic Carbon Management in Agriculture.

Emission reduction planning for carbon footprint in rural residential ...

A carbon emission classification method based on residential life cycle assessment is proposed based on the characteristics of rural housing in China.

Community forest governance and synergies among carbon ...

... carbon sequestration, biodiversity and rural livelihoods ... Forest commons, used and managed by rural communities as part ...

Carbon, Forests and People - IUCN Portal

management of carbon sequestration, the environment and sustainable livelihoods. ... Rural livelihoods and carbon manage- ment. IIED Natural Resource Issues ...

Who Has the Bigger Carbon Footprint, Rural or Urban Dwellers?

When carbon emissions are compared between residents from rural versus urban areas, it appears that the former has a higher carbon footprint.

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses - GEF

... management of carbon sinks, diversify livelihoods and build capacity for improved forest management. ... rural livelihoods. The program brings $116 million ...

Implications of carbon forestry for local livelihoods and leakage

However, the rental market helps redistribute land among rural farmers in every region, and absentee landowners supply up to 88 % of this land ( ...

Five ways bamboo can fight climate change - IFAD

Enhancing livelihoods and markets Private sector Rural finance Markets and value chains Managing land and its resources. Promoting sustainable farming Water ...

What is Carbon Farming? - Carbon Cycle Institute

Carbon farming practices are management practices that are known to sequester carbon and/or reduce GHG emissions. At least thirty-five of these practices are ...

European Commission - Agriculture and rural development

ensuring the sustainable management of natural resources and climate action;; achieving a balanced territorial development of rural economies ...

Nonprofit Carbon Offset Program That Also Fights Global Poverty

Certified carbon offset projects in Uganda, India, Fiji, & Indonesia | 501(c)3 charity | $15 per tonne | 90% goes to projects.

Carbon Management Strategy - Department of Energy

Rural Utility Service. Offers loan guarantees for carbon capture projects at rural ... U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: CARBON MANAGEMENT STRATEGY. 68. Life Cycle ...

The natural fix? The role of ecosystems in climate mitigation

The role of ecosystems in climate mitigation - How to make agriculture carbon neutral by 2030? ... rural livelihoods and carbon management policies that may ...

Catalyzing Carbon Projects in Africa - The Nature Conservancy

... living carbon with Charlie Langan, Africa region carbon ... management can improve carbon storage, grassland production, and water resources.

The Rural Equitable Climate Transition toward Carbon Neutrality ...

Many regions with larger carbon sinks also happen to score lower on rural livelihood and development (see Exhibit 6). This means the management, improvement, ...

Carbon Footprint Factsheet | Center for Sustainable Systems

... life). Throughout a product's lifetime, or lifecycle, GHGs such as carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O), may be emitted. Differences ...

Carbon farming explained: the pros, the cons and the EU's plans

... country's agriculture ministry warn that soil carbon ... Alternatively, farmers could be rewarded for applying certain land management ...

Socio-economic and Political Drivers of Oil Palm Expansion in ...

Socio-economic and Political Drivers of Oil Palm Expansion in Indonesia: Effects on Rural Livelihoods, Carbon Emissions and REDD ... Carbon Management 4:347-349.