Essays about: "Tree planting projects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Tree planting projects.

  1. 1. The Price of a Green Conscience : Social impacts of carbon forestry projects

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jasmine Brown; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate compensation; Sustainable development; Tree planting; Uganda; Mozambique;

    Abstract : Scholars and civil society organizations have over the last decade referred to large-scale carbon sequestration TPPs as "carbon colonialism" (Carmody and Taylor, 2016) as well as a "development by dispossession" dressed in new clothing behind words such as climate change mitigation and development (Kröger, 2012). Concerns have been raised that the trade-offs from the implementation of industrial tree plantations (ITPs) may result in conflicting effects on countries' overall development (The Oakland Institute, 2019; Osborne, 2015; Nel & Hill, 2013). READ MORE

  3. 2. Carbon Offsetting, a new form of CO2lonialism? : Local implications of tree-planting projects in East Africa

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

    Author : Cecilia Larsson; Moa Orvehed; [2021]
    Keywords : Decoloniality; Political Ecology; Carbon offsetting; Tree planting projects; Social impacts; Power Structures; East Africa;

    Abstract : Carbon offsetting has a growing presence on the global climate action agenda where it is promoted as a triple-win for the environment, business and development. However, the opinions on carbon offsetting are divided. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Planting Trees is Always Good” : a WPR-analysis of Swedish carbon offsetting initiatives through tree planting projects in the Global South

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Emil Planting Mollaoglu; [2020]
    Keywords : carbon offsetting; climate change; sustainable development; Global South; Sweden; WPR; policy analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how two Swedish companies and a sample of Swedish consumers describe the role of private actors in climate change mitigation. Carbon offsetting by planting trees in the Global South has become a common approach for Swedish food and beverage companies (among other companies) that seek to reduce their climate impact. READ MORE

  5. 4. A cost benefit analysis of climate compensation through different types of forestry in Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Ulrika Aschan; Emma Pettersson; [2019]
    Keywords : carbon sequestration; climate compensation; agroforestry; cost benefit analysis;

    Abstract : Global warming is becoming an increasing issue on the agenda for the world’s policy makers. One way of solving the issues is to reduce the emissions; another is to compensate for them through equally climate positive projects, such as planting trees to sequester carbon. READ MORE

  6. 5. Inter- and Intra-specific variability in functional traits of seedlings planted in successional tropical dry forest

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Stina Söderlund; [2016]
    Keywords : functional traits; leaf traits; restoration; stem traits; tropical Dry Forests;

    Abstract : The dry tropical forests are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world; they have been degraded and removed due to commercial values and cattle ranges. Restoration projects have gained global importance, including in Costa Rica where large restoration efforts have been started since 1970s. READ MORE