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dc.contributor.authorMackey, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorKeith, Heather
dc.contributor.authorBerry, Sandra L.
dc.contributor.authorLindenmayer, David B.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-05T10:59:37Z
dc.date.available2023-10-05T10:59:37Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifierONIX_20231005_9781921313882_1984
dc.identifier.urihttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/116273
dc.description.abstractThe colour of carbon matters. Green carbon is the carbon stored in the plants and soil of natural ecosystems and is a vital part of the global carbon cycle. This report is the first in a series that examines the role of natural forests in the storage of carbon, the impacts of human land use activities, and the implications for climate change policy nationally and internationally. REDD (“reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation") is now part of the agenda for the “Bali Action Plan" being debated in the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009. Currently, international rules are blind to the colour of carbon so that the green carbon in natural forests is not recognised, resulting in perverse outcomes including ongoing deforestation and forest degradation, and the conversion of extensive areas of land to industrial plantations. This report examines REDD policy from a green carbon scientific perspective. Subsequent reports will focus on issues concerning the carbon sequestration potential of commercially logged natural forests, methods for monitoring REDD, and the long term implications of forest policy and management for the global carbon cycle and climate change.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphereen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate changeen_US
dc.subject.otherEcology & Evolutionary Biology
dc.subject.otherSustainability
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Science
dc.titleGreen Carbon Part 1
dc.title.alternativeThe role of natural forests in carbon storage
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.2307/j.ctt24hcnf
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy975ba519-3ce2-4517-95bf-b847729fbcf1
oapen.relation.isbn9781921313882
oapen.relation.isbn9781921313875


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