Maximizing biodiversity co-benefits under REDD+: a decoupled approach

Biodiversity Conservation in the REDD

Deforestation and forest degradation in the tropics is a major source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The tropics also harbour more than half the world's threatened species, raising the possibility that reducing GHG emissions by curtailing tropical deforestation could provide substantial co-benefits for biodiversity conservation. Here we explore the potential for such co-benefits in I...

Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen

provide essential ecosystem services on which many poor people depend. Tropical forests contain the majority of the world's rapidly vanishing indigenous cultures and its peoples living in voluntary isolation [5]. REDD could also slow the loss of biodiversity — important in itself and in its central contribution to ecosystem services [6]. Over half of all species live in tropical forests and are...

Biodiversity co-benefits of policies to reduce forest-carbon emissions

1 Policies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) under development through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will financially reward developing countries that reduce forest-based carbon emissions through initiatives to decrease deforestation and forest degradation, conserve and enhance forest-carbon stocks and promote sustainab...

Carbon Sequestration Rates in Van Panchayat Forests and Their Benefits under Redd

This study assessed the potential of carbon stock and carbon sequestration rates in Van Panchayat forests at an altitude of 15001800m. The Total forest biomass was 308.3 t ha -1 , of the total biomass tree layer contributed the most, followed by herbs and shrubs. The forest litter biomass varied between 5.4 t ha -1 (in rainy season) and 6.6 t ha -1 (in winter season). Maximum Carbon sequestrati...

Valuation of Biodiversity Benefits