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Leaflet
LE0146-09
TitleMitigating climate change and transforming lives in forest margins: Lessons from swiddens in Indonesia
AuthorMeine van Noordwijk, Elok Mulyoutami, Niken Sakuntaladewi and Fahmuddin Agus
Year2009
PublisherWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
CityBogor, Indonesia
Call NumberLE0146-09
NotesPolicy Brief No. 01, 2009
Abstract:
Slash-and-burn clearance of forests leads to large emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses. Often the blame is on ‘shifting cultivators’, although migrants to the forest margin and companies clearing land for plantations have used the same method for ‘land clearing’. In promoting livelihoods that help maintain high carbon stocks in the landscape, many lessons can be learned from the way ‘shifting cultivation’ or ‘swidden’ systems evolved in Southeast Asia.
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GRP 2: Maximizing on-farm productivity of trees and agroforestry systems
GRP 5: Improving the ability of farmers, ecosystems & governments to cope with climate change
GRP 6: Developing policies and incentives for multifunctional landscapes with trees that provide environmental services
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