Assessment of Carbon Stock and the Potential Income of the Carbon Offset in Agroforestry System, Lablare District, Uttaradit Province

Abstract

Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are the cause of the greenhouse effect, which influences climate change, causing the average temperature on the surface of the Earth to rise and many other problems. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a global initiative that addresses global warming and later, there was an agreement . The Kyoto Protocol seeks cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The assessment of carbon capture and carbon offset is another way to reduce GHG emissions in the agroforest system in Laplae District, Uttaradit Province. This study is on the estimation of carbon offsets in agroforestry in Laplae District, Uttaradit Province, with a voluntary carbon market value of 39.6398 USD per ha or 2,946.93 Baht per ha. It was found that the amount of carbon offset value of fruit trees in agroforestry system in Laplae District, Uttaradit Province was the highest in Lansium parasiticum (Lansium domesticum Corr.) at 89.3010 USD per ha or 2,946.93 Baht / ha (471.51 Baht per rai).

Keywords

• agroforestry
• carbon credit
• carbon offset
• carbon stock
• greenhouse gas