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CO2-mitigation by agroforestry

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Agroforestry is a very important option for C-fixation in the tropics because of the large area suitable for this practice. The amount of C directly sequestered by trees within the different agroforestry systems normally ranges from 3 to 25 t · ha−1 and in some cases up to 60 t · ha−1. Additional CO2-mitigating effects can achieve more than 20 times this quantity. Such effects are:

  • the protection of existing forests.

  • the conservation of soil productivity.

  • the reduction of fossil energy consumption by use of timber instead of more energyintensive raw materials and

  • the substitution of fossil fuel by wood as an energy source.

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Kürsten, E., Burschel, P. CO2-mitigation by agroforestry. Water Air Soil Pollut 70, 533–544 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01105020

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