Summary:

Indonesia potentially has about 30 millions ha of degraded land/forest. Fund available for rehabilitating this degraded land/forests is very limited. The adoption of sinks project being eligible under CDM (Clean Development Mechanisms) might have benefits for Indonesia as this mechanism could provide alternative funding mechanism for rehabilitating the degraded land/forests. Type activities being eligible under CDM for sink projects are afforestation and reforestation. Agroforestry is the one of the activities that might be potential for CDM as long as it can meet the criteria of afforestation and reforestation. The problem is how to ensure that CDM-sink projects would meet the dual objectives of the mechanism, i.e. reducing carbon in the atmosphere and assisting the host country to achieve sustainable development. This paper highlighted impact of agroforest system in Jambi on socio-environmental factors and an approach to measure the environmental additionality of the project.

URL: http://www.sarcs.org/new/capacity/sdi2001/R%20Boer.pdf