TY - JOUR
T1 - Rescuing forests from the carbon trap
AU - Ojha, Hemant
AU - Maraseni, Tek
AU - Nightingale, Andrea
AU - Bhattarai, Basundhara
AU - Khatri, Dil
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060618195&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/rescuing-forests-carbon-trap
U2 - 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.01.007
DO - 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.01.007
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85060618195
SN - 1389-9341
VL - 101
SP - 15
EP - 18
JO - Forest Policy and Economics
JF - Forest Policy and Economics
ER -
