Carbon certification in agroforestry?! Assessment and recommendations

Agroforestry has long been seen as having great potential for increasing and, above all, permanently storing carbon in biomass and soil. The IPCC and the WBGU see agroforestry as a suitable option in the fight against the climate crisis and in adaptation to its impacts. The European Commission sees carbon farming as a suitable measure in its ambitious climate target plan, a 55 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2030 compared to 1990. In this context, there is intensive discussion about the part that agroforestry can play in this. The carbon reduction potential in agroforestry can be realised in principle in four areas - comparable to other land use-based strategies. With regard to the quantifiability of the carbon storage potential in the biomass and especially in the soil, however, there is the problem that, depending on the soil type, climate zone or design of the AFS, the ranges of variation are enormous. Very different values can also be applied with regard to the carbon reduction potentials in the upstream and downstream areas.     «

Agroforestry has long been seen as having great potential for increasing and, above all, permanently storing carbon in biomass and soil. The IPCC and the WBGU see agroforestry as a suitable option in the fight against the climate crisis and in adaptation to its impacts. The European Commission sees carbon farming as a suitable measure in its ambitious climate target plan, a 55 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2030 compared to 1990. In this context, there is intensive discussion about the part...     »