Louis Verchot, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), explained that Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects should generate concrete development and environmental benefits in host countries and that these benefits should be distributed equitably across countries. Stating that smallholder land use and land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) projects can allow some of the poorest people in the world’s poorest countries to enter the carbon market, he lamented that many bottlenecks currently hinder this possibility. Njogu Kahare, Green Belt Movement, highlighted the potential of CDM-supported reforestation projects on gazetted forests, farms and public lands in Kenya. He emphasized that communities need support to simultaneously increase tree cover in farm areas and regenerate forests. Highlighting a pilot CDM project with support from the World Bank, he stressed that the current price of carbon is inadequate to make such projects viable.
Publication year
2022
Authors
Verchot L V; Kahare N; Haskett J D; Shepherd K; Tuller A
Language
English
Keywords
highlands, soil degradation, soil sciences, tree cover
Geographic
Kenya
