Carbon Management for Promoting Local Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region
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Beschreibung
This book contributes to our understanding of linkages between carbon management and local livelihoods by taking stock of the existing evidence and drawing on field experiences in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, an area that provides fresh water to more than 2 billion people and supports the world’s largest population of pastoralists and millions of livestock.
This edited volume addresses two main questions: 1. Does carbon management offer livelihood opportunities or present risks, and what are they? 2. Do the attributes of carbon financing alter the nature of livelihood opportunities and risks? Chapters analyze the most pressing deficiencies in understanding carbon storage in both soils and in above ground biomass, and the related social and economic challenges associated with carbon sequestration projects. Chapters deliver insights to both academics from diverse disciplines (natural sciences, social sciences and engineering) and to policy makers.
Discusses carbon management and its linkages with livelihood improvement of the fragile communities of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region
Focuses on a region that has multidimensional ecological, economic, cultural and environmental significance
Sheds new light on the social, economic, and policy perspectives associated with carbon management
Discusses carbon management and its linkages with livelihood improvement of the fragile communities of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region Focuses on a region that has multidimensional ecological, economic, cultural and environmental significance Sheds new light on the social, economic, and policy perspectives associated with carbon management
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Zhanhuan Shang
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Hindu Kush Himalayan Region sustainable carbon management alpine ecosystems indigenous people livelihood perspectives mountain landscapes sustainable management of forest resources biochar for carbon sequestration Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau livestock production herders’ livelihoods carbon and livelihood carbon financing climate change water policy