Can savanna burning projects deliver measurable greenhouse emissions reductions and sustainable livelihood opportunities in fire-prone settings?
Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Monagle, Catherine, Jacobsohn, Margaret, Beatty, Robin L., Bilbao, Bibiana, Millán, Adriana, Vessuri, Hebe and Sánchez-Rose, Isabelle, (2013). Can savanna burning projects deliver measurable greenhouse emissions reductions and sustainable livelihood opportunities in fire-prone settings?. Climatic Change, 47-61
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Sub-type Journal article Author Russell-Smith, Jeremy
Monagle, Catherine
Jacobsohn, Margaret
Beatty, Robin L.
Bilbao, Bibiana
Millán, Adriana
Vessuri, Hebe
Sánchez-Rose, IsabelleTitle Can savanna burning projects deliver measurable greenhouse emissions reductions and sustainable livelihood opportunities in fire-prone settings? Appearing in Climatic Change Publication Date 2013-11-07 Place of Publication Berlin and Heidelberg Publisher Springer Start page 47 End page 61 Language eng Abstract Savannas constitute the most fire-prone vegetation type on earth and are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Most savanna fires are lit by people for a variety of livelihood applications. ‘Savanna burning’ is an accountable activity under the Kyoto Protocol, but only Australia, as a developed economy, accounts for emissions from this source in its national accounts. Over the past decade considerable effort has been given to developing savanna burning projects in northern Australia, combining customary indigenous (Aboriginal) approaches to landscape-scale fire management with development of scientifically robust emissions accounting methodologies. Formal acceptance by the Australian Government of that methodology, and its inclusion in Australia’s developing emissions trading scheme, paves the way for Aboriginal people to commercially benefit from savanna burning projects. The paper first describes this Australian experience, and then explores options for implementing community-based savanna burning emissions reduction projects in other continental savanna settings, specifically in Namibia and Venezuela. These latter examples illustrate that savanna fire management approaches potentially have broader application for contributing to livelihood opportunities in other fire-prone savanna regions. UNBIS Thesaurus FIRES
GRASSLANDS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
AUSTRALIA
NAMIBIA
VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)
FIRE CONTROLCopyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2013 Copyright type All rights reserved ISSN 01650009 DOI 10.1007/s10584-013-0910-5 -
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