https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01241-2
"To ensure long-term resilience, projects involving nature-based solutions
should adhere to four high-level principles (see nbsguidelines.info). First,
nature-based solutions are not an alternative to decarbonization; second, they
need to involve a wide range of ecosystems; third, they should be designed in
partnership with local communities while respecting Indigenous and other
rights; and, finally, they must support biodiversity, from the level of the
gene to the ecosystem. In addition, the Oxford principles13 for high-quality
offsets call for safe and durable CO2 removal and storage for every tonne of
CO2 emitted. Metrics of success should include those for carbon dynamics,
biodiversity across multiple trophic levels, and socio-economic factors such as
women’s empowerment and youth employment.
There are many examples of good-practice projects (see also case studies by the
University of Oxford’s Nature-based Solutions Initiative, where N.S. and
C.A.J.G. work). For example, mangrove forests in eastern India that have been
protected from deforestation since 1985 have been shown to protect coastal
regions from the negative impacts of cyclones much better than artificial
defences do, while also soaking up carbon14. In Sierra Leone’s tropical
rainforest, cocoa agroforestry — where cocoa is planted with trees for shade,
alongside pineapples, chillies and maize (corn) as an additional source of food
and income — has been shown to produce cocoa sustainably while diminishing
forest clearance. One agroforestry project in the Gola Rainforest National
Park, initiated 30 years ago, has increased biodiversity and the profitability
of crops while saving an estimated 500,000 tonnes of carbon each year through
sequestration and avoiding deforestation."
Via
libramoon@pluspora.com.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
