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Protected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries

dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (United Nations Environment Programme-WCMC)
dc.coverage.spatialGlobal
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:06:03Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:06:03Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/8554
dc.descriptionForests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries result from a recognition of the substantial greenhouse gas emissions resulting from deforestation, especially in the tropics. Depending on the method of forest clearing and the subsequent use of the felled trees and land, deforestation not only releases the carbon stored in the above ground biomass, but leads to decomposition of roots and mobilization of soil carbon.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUNEP
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectcarbon dioxide
dc.subjectemission control
dc.subjectemission factor
dc.subjectemission forecast
dc.subjectemission reduction
dc.subjectemission source
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectclimate change mitigation
dc.subjectforest cover destruction
dc.subjectforest deterioration
dc.subjectdeforestation
dc.subjectprotected area
dc.subject.classificationClimate Change
dc.titleProtected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
dc.typeReports and Books
wd.identifier.old-id9357
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049


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