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Carbon Farming potential in Honduras
According to the FAO, Honduras has 1.76 million hectares (16%) of land consisting of pastureland and meadows. Since 2001, it has lost about 960,700 hectares of land that was once covered by 30% or greater tree cover, and 323,900 hectares (33.7%) of its primary forests has been destroyed. On average Honduras is losing approximately 20,200 hectares of primary forest each year and 56,500 hectares of land with tree cover 30% or greater.
Honduras has enough pastureland available to potentially sequester up to 44 million tonnes of CO2/year through reforestation and agroforestry carbon farming. That's the equivalent of taking 10 million cars off the road in the USA.
Honduras has enough pastureland available to potentially sequester up to 44 million tonnes of CO2/year through reforestation and agroforestry carbon farming. That's the equivalent of taking 10 million cars off the road in the USA.
Annual GHG emissions (2016): 51.5 megatonnes CO2eq
30%+ tree cover destroyed since 2001: 960,700 ha
Primary forest destroyed since 2002: 323,900 ha
Average deforestation rate (Primary forest): 19,000 ha/year
Threatened species: 201
Pastureland available for conversion: 1.76 million ha
Carbon sequestration potential: 44 megatonnes CO2/year
30%+ tree cover destroyed since 2001: 960,700 ha
Primary forest destroyed since 2002: 323,900 ha
Average deforestation rate (Primary forest): 19,000 ha/year
Threatened species: 201
Pastureland available for conversion: 1.76 million ha
Carbon sequestration potential: 44 megatonnes CO2/year
Sources: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6. Annual Country GHG emissions: World Resources Institute, Threatened species: IUCN Red List, Pasture land: FAO Stats, Sequestration potential: Carbon sequestration potential of tropical pasture compared with afforestation in Honduras, Wolf et al., 2011