Potential development of partnership agroforestry as carbon farming in KHDTK Rarung, Central Lombok

Abstract

Involving the community is one of the initiatives to promote the national achievement of emission reduction targets. Social forestry with agroforestry systems can establish in the forestry sector to help reduce carbon emissions. In the Forest Area with Special Purpose (KHDTK) Rarung in Central Lombok, carbon storage calculations have been performed for various agroforestry patterns created in partnership. The carbon storage analysis was carried out in four agroforestry patterns: coffee, vanilla, bamboo, and annual crops. The carbon stock of each agroforestry pattern was measured three times on a 20 x 20 m2 plot. The three carbon pools examined were soil, vegetation, litter, and understory carbon. The results showed that a partnership agroforestry pattern is a form of carbon farming that can be widely developed. The bamboo agroforestry pattern has enormous potential for carbon storage.