Rescuing forests from the carbon trap

Abstract

As climate policies incentivise forest carbon enhancement, forest ecosystems have been reduced to carbon forestry. As a result, the potential of forests for both the natural world and human beings is being severely compromised. Co-benefits to ecosystems and communities have often been presented as a solution but without much effect. In this paper, we highlight how the current discourse on forest and climate change has become carbon centric, masking the overall resilience building potential of forest ecosystems. We also explore potential ways forward.

Published in

Forest Policy and Economics
2019, volume: 101, pages: 15-18
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU Authors

• Nightingale, Andrea

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • University of Oslo (UiO)

• Khatri, Dil

  • Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS)

Global goals (SDG)

SDG13 Climate action
SDG15 Life on land

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2019.01.007

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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