tailieunhanh - Carbon sequestration in sub-tropical soils under rubber plantations in north-east India

Early research on rubber agroforestry in Indonesia was conducted by CIRAD, with whom the World Agroforestry Centre subsequently formed a close relationship when it began to explore the issue in the mid-1990s. Working with scientists from CIRAD and the Indonesian Rubber Research Institute, Ratna Akiefnawati and her fellow researchers, including Ilahang in West Kalimantan, collaborated with more than 150 farmers over the following decade, testing a range of rubber agroforestry systems in Jambi, West Sumatra and West Kalimantan. “One of our main considerations was selecting technologies that would be suitable for smallholders,” recalls Ratna. “This meant they had to work for. | V t 1 taí Jki . y. . A 1 . srz 1 C arbon sequestration in sub-tropical soils under rubber plantations inw - .- du ỹ north-east India Debasis Mandal and K. R. Islam IF - - J- 9 WaI Indian Rubber Research Institute Tripura and University South Centers USA Widespread deforestation for fuelwood timber and forage is an on-going process in the south-east Asian countries Islam et al 1999 . __________________ Deforestation transfers C directly to the atmosphere and affects the mechanism to hold C in soil Chambers et al. 2001