Mitigation options for the Bangladesh forestry sector: implications of the CDM

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol has expedited various global warming mitigation opportunities that allow Bangladesh to receive investments from those Annex I countries wishing to offset their emissions of greenhouse gases. Bangladesh has a special interest in strategie...

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Published in:Climate policy 2008-01, Vol.8 (3), p.243-260
Main Authors: SHIN, MAN YONG, MIAH, MD. DANESH, LEE, KYEONG HAK
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Afforestation
Appropriate technology
Bangladesh
Carbon
Carbon emissions
Carbon sequestration
Carbon sinks
Carbon sources
carbon storage
CDM
Clean Development Mechanism
Climate change
Deforestation
Developing countries
déforestation
Emission standards
Emissions
Emissions control
Emissions trading
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Foreign investment
Forest management
Forest products
Forestry
Forestry industry
forestry sector
Gases
gestion forestière
Global warming
Governance
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Investment
Kyoto Protocol
Land
Land use
LDCs
Legal issues
MDP
Military engagements
Mitigation
Policies
politique publique
Protocols
public policy
Reforestation
Remote sensing
secteur forestier
stockage du carbone
utilisation des sols
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Summary:The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol has expedited various global warming mitigation opportunities that allow Bangladesh to receive investments from those Annex I countries wishing to offset their emissions of greenhouse gases. Bangladesh has a special interest in strategies for combating global warming because its large areas that need to be planted represent a potentially large carbon sink, and at the same time its high rate of deforestation represents a huge carbon source. To properly assign carbon credits within the forestry sector of Bangladesh, a number of important issues and uncertainties need to be examined and resolved. Afforestation and reforestation (A/R) offers opportunities for carbon credits, which is subject to the end-use of the forest products. A/R may be the best option, as well as conserving the existing carbon sink offered by Bangladesh for mitigating global warming. This article discusses the legal issues raised in combating global warming; the potential of the Bangladesh forestry sector to combat global warming; implications of the forestry options for different land uses; and issues to be settled regarding carbon credits. Future policy and governance issues are considered which will enable the Bangladesh forestry sector to mitigate global warming and to obtain carbon credits.
ISSN:1469-3062
1752-7457
DOI:10.3763/cpol.2006.0265