Climate change mitigation through land use measures in the agriculture and forestry sectors : Mitigation through land use measures in the agriculture and forestry sectors

Mitigation through land-use measures in the agriculture and forestry sectors can be a meaningful way for many developing countries to contribute to the goal of the UNFCCC and participate in a future regime. [...] In the climate change framework, agriculture and forestry have been treated as a cross-cutting issue, considered within the LULUCF sector and the CDM regime under the AWG-KP, as well as in discussions on REDD and mitigation under the AWG-LCA. [...] A technical paper on the challenges and opportunities for mitigation in the agricultural sector was written under the auspices of the AWG-LCA (UNFCCC, 2008) in November, 2008 and a workshop on the same topic will be held in Bonn in March, 2009. [...] The risk of flooding the market is a consideration in the discussion of allowing the sale of credits 11 Mitigation through Land Use Measures in the Agriculture and Forestry Sectors from REDD and agricultural soil carbon sequestration projects on the carbon market. [...] LULUCF can make an important contribution to the mitigation potential in developed countries, and the rules around LULUCF will in part determine the mitigation potential of Parties and have implications for the structure and magnitude of further commitments or actions the Parties are able to undertake (Canada, 2008d).