How feasible is carbon sequestration in Korea? A study on the costs of sequestering carbon in forest

被引:13
作者
Ahn, SoEun [1 ]
机构
[1] Korea Environm Inst, Seoul 122706, South Korea
关键词
carbon sequestration; land use model; cost of carbon sequestration; carbon flow;
D O I
10.1007/s10640-007-9182-8
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In recent years, carbon sequestration has become a more attractive policy in Korea due to the increasing trend of marginal cropland and enhanced public awareness on adverse climate change phenomena. This study aims to calculate the unit costs of carbon sequestration programs through afforestation in Korea and examine the cost-effectiveness of programs. The basis of our simulation is an econometric land use share model, and province level of aggregated panel data are used for model estimation. Four scenarios are considered depending on whether the program includes the harvest and which tree species are planted. The approach of sequestration program is to pay the landowners to convert their lands to forest for a period of time in exchange of fixed annual payment in addition to tree establishment cost. Our results show that the unit cost varies from $122 to $486 per ton of carbon stored depending on the scenarios and payment levels. We found that the carbon sequestration can be a cost-effective mitigation policy in Korea although it is not the least cost option.
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页码:89 / 109
页数:21
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