Mezővédő fásításokból származó karbonkredit-bevétel becslése

The land use sector is a priority area for climate mitigation efforts, as the carbon sequestration capacity of ecosystems not only offers opportunities for reducing emissions but also for carbon sequestration farming. The voluntary carbon market regulated by the EU Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Regulation offers new revenue opportunities for farmers and forest managers. The establishment of field protection afforestation is included in the agroforestry activities according to the CRCF Regulation, and the carbon sequestered in the biomass of the afforestation and in the soil can also be traded on the voluntary carbon market regulated by the Regulation. In our study, we projected the carbon sequestration of field protection afforestation planned at four locations until 2050. We also quantified the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated during the installation and maintenance of the afforestation according to the CRCF Regulation protocol. Based on this, we determined the carbon sequestration that can be accounted for and the expected carbon credit revenues. According to our results, the GHG emissions of the machines operating during the installation and maintenance of afforestation are negligible (only 0.6–0.8 percent) compared to the carbon sequestration in the biomass and soil. Thus, the installation of afforestation can be a profitable investment for forest managers and farmers on a relatively wide spectrum of production sites. Given that the installation of afforestation is financed by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the revenues from the voluntary carbon market regulated by the CRCF Regulation represent an additional source of income.