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Table T26: Potential Mid- to Long-Term Social Impacts of Land-Based Carbon Projects
REDD (w/ strict restrictions)
REDD (w/ sustainable use)
Improved forest
Management
Plantations (large or small)
Agroforestry
Soil carbon/agriculture
IMPACTS
(Mid to long-term)
More sustainable natural resource use + 1
Decline in general rate of poverty in community + 2
Increased food security + 1
Decrease in food security - 2
Decrease food consumption due to higher food prices and/or the reduced availability of
subsistence forest resources
- 2
Increase in spending on food (due to restricted access to land and subsistence farming) - 2
Improvement in household or community nutrition + 2
Decline in household or community nutrition - 2
Increase in use of botanical/natural medicines + 2
Decrease in use of botanical/natural medicines - 2
Improvement in household or community health (due to food security, health services,
nutritional outcomes, and/or reduced air pollution)
+ 2
Decline in community health - 2
Increased life expectancy + 2
Households have livelihood activities/strategies that better allow them to resist and cope
with economic shocks and emergencies (due to production of and/or access to alternative
food sources, medicines, cash crops/products, etc.)
Impact: Positive (+), or
Negative (-)
+ 2
Impact: Primary/direct (1) or
Secondary/indirect (2)
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