Impacts of the forest definitions adopted by African countries on carbon conservation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15547604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stéphane Mermoz (0000-0002-3166-7583, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author), Alexandre Bouvet (0000-0002-7428-4339, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Thuy Le Toan (0000-0003-4843-5962, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Martin Herold (0000-0003-0246-6886, Wageningen University & Research) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 104014-104014 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aae3b1 |
| OpenAlex | W2893069944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
In this paper, we aim to assess the impacts of the forest definitions adopted by each African country involved in the global climate change programmes of the United Nations on national carbon emission estimations. To do so, we estimate the proportion of national carbon stocks and tree cover loss that are found in areas considered to be non-forest areas. These non-forest areas are defined with respect to a threshold on the percentage of tree cover adopted by each country. Using percent tree cover and aboveground biomass maps derived from remote sensing data, we quantitatively show that in many countries, a large proportion of carbon stocks are found in non-forest areas, where a large amount of tree cover loss can also occur. We further found that under the REDD+ framework (reduced deforestation, reduced degradation, enhancement and conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests), some partner countries have proposed activities related to only reducing deforestation, even when a large proportion of their carbon stocks are stored outside forests. This situation may represent a limitation of the efficiency of the REDD+ mechanism, and could be avoided if these countries choose a lower tree cover threshold for their definition of forests and/or if they were are engaged in other activities
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Biology · Biomass (ecology · Carbon dioxide · Carbon fibers · Carbon sequestration · Carbon stock · Climate change · Deforestation (computer science · Ecoforestry · Economics · Ecosystem · Environmental protection · Forest cover · Forest degradation · Forest ecology · Forest management · Forest restoration · Geography · Land degradation · Natural resource economics · Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation · Sustainable forest management · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Mathematics · Ecology · Forestry
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |