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Impact of Land Cover Changes on Reducing Greenhouse Emissions: Site Selection, Baseline Modeling, and Strategic Environmental Assessment of REDD+ Projects

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Title: Impact of Land Cover Changes on Reducing Greenhouse Emissions: Site Selection, Baseline Modeling, and Strategic Environmental Assessment of REDD+ Projects
Authors: Parsamehr, Koosha, Gholamalifard, Mehdi, Kooch, Yahya, Azadi, Hossein, Scheffran, Jürgen
Source: Land Degradation & Development. 34:2763-2779
Publisher Information: Wiley, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Subject Terms: REDD+ Programme, Greenhouse emissions, Soil Science, Development, 01 natural sciences, 12. Responsible consumption, Project implementation, Agriculture & agronomie, 11. Sustainability, Environmental Chemistry, REDD+ program, General Environmental Science, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Environmental Science (all), multi-criteria evaluation, Environmental assessment, carbon stock, Forest cover change, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, 15. Life on land, Agriculture & agronomy, Life sciences, Multi-criterion evaluation, Carbon stocks, forest cover change, Hyrcanian forests, 13. Climate action, environmental assessment, Multi-criteria evaluation, Sciences du vivant, 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, Land-cover change
Description: Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is way key to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) while also protecting vulnerable forest ecosystems. The purpose of this study was to recognize suitable areas for REDD+ Programme projects and calculate the reduction in CO2 emissions through the prevention of forest cover degradation in the Central Hyrcanian forests. For this purpose, the cover changes of the Central Hyrcanian forests were assessed using LANDSAT satellite images. Applying the voluntary carbon standard (VCS) methodology and the calibration period 1984–2014 (30 years), forest cover changes were predicted. The results showed that under the business‐as‐usual scenario, 155,698 ha of Central Hyrcanian forests will be declined by 2044. In general, the REDD+ Programme project implementation will prevent the release of 1,209,231 tCO2e. Based on the social cost of carbon (SCC) approach, the REDD+ Programme project implementation can save 12,092,310 US$. In addition, this approach can be used for the project design document (PDD) of the forest development mechanism.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
ISSN: 1099-145X
1085-3278
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4628
Access URL: https://hdl.handle.net/2268/313330
https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4628
Rights: Wiley Online Library User Agreement
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....99114cf7a2f1d58623f453a1ee35a5cb
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is way key to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) while also protecting vulnerable forest ecosystems. The purpose of this study was to recognize suitable areas for REDD+ Programme projects and calculate the reduction in CO2 emissions through the prevention of forest cover degradation in the Central Hyrcanian forests. For this purpose, the cover changes of the Central Hyrcanian forests were assessed using LANDSAT satellite images. Applying the voluntary carbon standard (VCS) methodology and the calibration period 1984–2014 (30 years), forest cover changes were predicted. The results showed that under the business‐as‐usual scenario, 155,698 ha of Central Hyrcanian forests will be declined by 2044. In general, the REDD+ Programme project implementation will prevent the release of 1,209,231 tCO2e. Based on the social cost of carbon (SCC) approach, the REDD+ Programme project implementation can save 12,092,310 US$. In addition, this approach can be used for the project design document (PDD) of the forest development mechanism.
ISSN:1099145X
10853278
DOI:10.1002/ldr.4628