Future Carbon Storage: Synergies and trade-offs of carbon storage along pathways of land transformation (A01)

• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems ; Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Sociology ; Soil Sciences
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 328966760

The project examines future-making in the Southern African KAZA region, focusing on carbon stock dynamics and associated ecosystem services. Our research has examined pathways of nature conservation and agricultural intensification, revealing that rural wealth is often positively correlated to ecosystem carbon, while also promoting prosperity through cattle herding. Building on this, we will explore how cattle production influences the conflicting goals of conservation and intensification futures, and how this shape both economic and ecological outcomes.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 228: Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Wulf Amelung; Professor Dr. Jan Börner; Professorin Dr. Anja Linstädter