Shade tree diversity and aboveground carbon stocks in Theobroma cacao agroforestry systems: implications for REDD+ implementation in a West African cacao landscape

Shade tree diversity and aboveground carbon stocks in Theobroma cacao agroforestry systems: implications for REDD+ implementation in a West African cacao landscape

Abstract Background The promotion of cacao agroforestry is one of the ways of diversifying farmer income and creating incentives through their inclusion in REDD+ interventions. We estimated the aboveground carbon stocks in cacao and shade trees, determined the floristic diversity of shade trees and...

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Main Authors: Evans Dawoe, Winston Asante, Emmanuel Acheampong, Paul Bosu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-08-01
Series:Carbon Balance and Management
Subjects:
Shade trees
Theobroma cacao
Species richness
Diversity indices
Carbon stocks
REDD+
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13021-016-0061-x

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