The potential of REDD+ for carbon sequestration in tropical forests: Supply curves for carbon storage for Kalimantan,Indonesia |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706KN Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. CESifo, Munich, Germany.;3. Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;1. Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, 07043, United States;2. School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, United States;3. Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States;1. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark;2. Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal;2. European Forest Institute, Yliopistokatu 6, 80100 Joensuu, Finland;3. University of Tennessee, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-4563, USA |
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| Abstract: | We study the potential of tropical multi-age multi-species forests for sequestering carbon in response to financial incentives from REDD+. Following existing carbon crediting schemes, the use of reduced impact logging techniques (RIL) allows a forest manager to apply for carbon credits whereas conventional logging (CL) does not. This paper is the first to develop a Hartman model with selective cutting in this setting that takes additionality of carbon sequestration explicitly into account. We apply the model using data for Kalimantan, Indonesia, for both private and government forest managers. The latter have a lower discount rate and are exempt from taxes. RIL leads to less damages on the residual stand than CL and has lower variable but higher fixed costs. We find that a system of carbon credits through REDD+ can increase carbon stored per hectare by 15.8% if the forest is privately managed and by 22% under government management if the carbon price equals the average 2015 price in the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme. Interestingly, awarding carbon credits to carbon stored in end-use wood products does not increase the amount of carbon stored, nor Land Expectation Value. |
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