Payments for environmental services : incentives through carbon sequestration compensation for cocoa-based agroforestry systems in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Zeller, Manfred; Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Christina; Schwarze, Stefan

Payments for environmental services : incentives through carbon sequestration compensation for cocoa-based agroforestry systems in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

dc.contributor.author	Zeller, Manfred	de
dc.contributor.author	Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Christina	de
dc.contributor.author	Schwarze, Stefan	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:41:23Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:41:23Z
dc.date.created	2008-10-23
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.description.abstract	Up to 25 percent of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are caused by deforestation, and Indonesia is the third largest greenhouse gas emitter worldwide due to land use change and deforestation. On the island of Sulawesi in the vicinity of the Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP), many smallholders contribute to conversion processes at the forest margin as a result of their agricultural practices. Specifically the area dedicated to cocoa plantations has increased from zero (1979) to nearly 18,000 hectares (2001). Some of these plots have been established inside the 220,000 hectares of the LLNP. An intensification process is observed with a consequent reduction of the shade tree density. This study assesses which impact carbon sequestration payments for forest management systems have on the prevailing land use systems. Additionally, the level of incentives is determined which motivates farmers to desist from further deforestation and land use intensification activities. Household behaviour and resource allocation is analysed with a comparative static linear programming model. As these models prove to be a reliable tool for policy analysis, the output can indicate the adjustments in resource allocation and land use shifts when introducing compensation payments. The data was collected in a household survey in six villages around the LLNP. Four household categories are identified according to their dominant agroforestry systems. These range from low intensity management with a high degree of shading to highly intensified shade free systems. At the plot level, the payments from carbon sequestration are the highest for the full shade cocoa agroforestry system, but with low carbon prices of ? 5 tCO2e-1 these constitute 5 percent of the cocoa gross margin. Focusing on the household level, however, an increase of up to 18 percent of the total gross margin can be realised. Furthermore, for differentiated carbon prices up to ? 32 tCO2e-1 the majority of the households have an incentive to adopt the more sustainable shade intensive agroforestry system. A win-win situation seems to appear, whereby, when targeting only the shade intensive agroforestry systems with carbon payments, the poorest households economically benefit the most and land use systems with high environmental benefits are promoted.	en
dc.identifier.swb	287117200
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5201
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-3117
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Forschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy; 2008,2
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subject	Payment for environmental services	en
dc.subject	Carbon sequestration	en
dc.subject	Agroforestry systems	en
dc.subject	Cocoa	en
dc.subject	Linear programming	en
dc.subject	Economic incentives	en
dc.subject	Poverty	en
dc.subject.ddc	630
dc.subject.gnd	Zentralcelebes	de
dc.subject.gnd	Ausgleichszahlung	de
dc.subject.gnd	Landwirtschaft	de
dc.subject.gnd	Umweltverträglichkeit	de
dc.subject.gnd	Armut	de
dc.subject.gnd	Bekämpfung	de
dc.title	Payments for environmental services : incentives through carbon sequestration compensation for cocoa-based agroforestry systems in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
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local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.export.bibtex	@techreport{Zeller2008, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5201}, author = {Zeller, Manfred and Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Christina and Schwarze, Stefan et al.}, title = {Payments for environmental services : incentives through carbon sequestration compensation for cocoa-based agroforestry systems in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia}, year = {2008}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Forschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthor	Zeller, Manfred and Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Christina and Schwarze, Stefan et al.
local.export.bibtexKey	Zeller2008
local.export.bibtexType	@techreport
local.faculty.number	7	de
local.faculty.number	2	de
local.institute.number	790	de
local.institute.number	490	de
local.opus.number	311
local.series.issueNumber	2008,2
local.series.title	Forschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	State Institutes	en
local.university.faculty	Landesanstalten	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Agricultural Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Centre for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics	en
local.university.institute	Tropenzentrum	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Agrar- und Sozialökonomie in den Tropen und Subtropen	de

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