promoting carbon sequestration and payment for ecosystem service schemes:the case for rangelands
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Presented by Jimmy Smith to a meeting of the Norwegian Climate Network, Oslo, 31 August 2011TRANSCRIPT
Promoting carbon sequestration and payment
for ecosystem service schemes:
The case for rangelands
Jimmy Smith
THE WORLD BANK
Meeting of the Norwegian Climate Network, Oslo, 31 August 2011
Rangelands are important for livelihoods and the environment
There are opportunities for rangeland management to contribute to:Carbon stocksBiodiversityWater resources
Incentives for good management need to contribute to livelihoods
Challenges for measuring, monitoring and payments remain
Key messages
Climate – carbon stocks
Biodiversity
Water and sediment management
Wind erosion control
Payment for ecosystem services
Carbon in most rangelands below saturation level
Under saturation offers scope to sequester carbon:
Improved grazing management Management to build organic matter Managing fire Restoring degraded lands (pasture species and
management)
Carbon sequestration in rangelands
Getting the science right -measuring, monitoring and reporting carbon stocksIncentives structure for good rangeland managementAssessing and rewarding good management Co-benefits (water, soil health, biodiversity)
Mechanisms for fundingResearch and payments
Institutional –local and globalEquityCollective action vs. individualManaging mobility
Carbon sequestration -the challenges
Why rangelands?
Tropical arid and semi-arid rangeland based systems
population density less than 20 persons/km²length of growing period (LGP) less than 60 days/annum
no significant crop production possible
Largest land use system on earth
35 million km2 – 24% of the total land area
Support 50% of the World’s livestock
200 million people depend on rangelands for livelihoods
Half live on less than $2/day
Multipurpose rangelands for livelihoods and the
environment
Livestock productivity“sustainable
intensification”Environmental
stewardship“Payment for Ecosystem
Services”
Potential of rangelands for carbon
sequestration?
Atmospheric C
C sequestration
Reduce emissions
X
Where is the carbon?
G T Carbon
Total forestsTemperate grasslandsTropical grasslandsOther
Potential C sequestration by 2040
Agrofo
restr
y
Grazin
g manage
ment
Fore
st manage
ment
Cropland m
anagement
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
M T
C y
r-1
Potential for carbon sequestration (Tg C/yr) in global rangelands of different grazing intensity
light moderate Strong extreme Total
Africa
Australia/
Pacific
Eurasia
North
America
South
America
Total
1.9
4.5
0.8
0
6.1
13.3
8.6
-0.1
3.2
1.6
11.3
24.4
6.1
0.0
0.6
0.7
7.4
0.1
0.3
0.4
16.7
4.4
4.3
2.2
18.1
45.7
Moderate grazing improves sequestration!
Potential of rangelands for other ecosystem services?
Importance of rangelands for global biodiversity
Hotspots of biodiversity “Gene-banks” for animal and forage diversity High level of endemism Migrations of large herbivores
Payment for wildlife conservation Example: Olare Orok group ranch
2002-2004 – preparation:• Visioning future income from tourism• Inventorying resources and opportunities • Connecting tourist operators and land owners • Develop business plan PES for wildlife conservation
2006: Establishment of Olare Orok Conservancy (OOC) and institutional arrangements
Over 40 community based conservancies in Kenya (also southern Africa); I million ha
Payments from $1 to $40/ha – sufficient to impact poverty levels
Poverty impacts of PWC on Olare Orok Conservancy, (OOC) Maasai Mara, Kenya
N Mean income (US$/person/day)
CV % Contribution to household income
Agriculture Wildlife Conservation
Mara Group Ranches (1998-2004)
210 0.84 116 70 21
OOC – PWC 2009 58 1.51 157 79OOC + PWC 2009 73 2.45 93 42 40
1. Individuals: Higher income for those benefitting from PWC in Olare Orok Conservancy (OOC)
2. Households: Significant % household income derived from PWC payments
3. Equity income among households increased because families received more or less same area of land
Water resources
Upstream livestock grazing impacts on sediment loads downstream :ReservoirsHydro plants
Potential for incentives to manage grazing upstream
Wind erosion (China)Flood preventionWater release
Other potential opportunities for payments for rangeland management with ecosystem benefits
Rangelands are important for livelihoods and the environment
There are opportunities for rangeland management to contribute to:Carbon stocksBiodiversityWater resources
Incentives for good management need to contribute to livelihoods
Challenges for measuring, monitoring and payments remain
Key messages
Thank you