Limiting deforestation involves complex tradeoffs: Results from a global land-use model
Forests are massive carbon sinks and biodiversity havens. The world’s forests store about 861 gigatons of carbon, 42% in live biomass and 44% in soil. Yet forest areas have been disappearing at an alarming rate: Globally, they have shrunk by 20% over the past 100 years, mostly due to expansion of ag...
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| description | Forests are massive carbon sinks and biodiversity havens. The world’s forests store about 861 gigatons of carbon, 42% in live biomass and 44% in soil. Yet forest areas have been disappearing at an alarming rate: Globally, they have shrunk by 20% over the past 100 years, mostly due to expansion of agricultural lands. Given the urgency of reducing global CO2 emissions, world leaders at the 2021 COP26 Global Climate Conference in Glasgow made a non-binding declaration to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. This pledge, endorsed by 145 countries covering 91% of the world’s forests, was hailed as a significant step toward stopping global deforestation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1522642025-01-10T06:35:40Z Limiting deforestation involves complex tradeoffs: Results from a global land-use model Mishra, Abhijeet Jones, Eleanor forests carbon sinks land degradation agricultural production Forests are massive carbon sinks and biodiversity havens. The world’s forests store about 861 gigatons of carbon, 42% in live biomass and 44% in soil. Yet forest areas have been disappearing at an alarming rate: Globally, they have shrunk by 20% over the past 100 years, mostly due to expansion of agricultural lands. Given the urgency of reducing global CO2 emissions, world leaders at the 2021 COP26 Global Climate Conference in Glasgow made a non-binding declaration to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. This pledge, endorsed by 145 countries covering 91% of the world’s forests, was hailed as a significant step toward stopping global deforestation. 2024-09-13 2024-09-17T15:05:12Z 2024-09-17T15:05:12Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152264 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141708 Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute Mishra, Abhijeet; and Jones, Eleanor. 2024. Limiting deforestation involves complex tradeoffs: Results from a global land-use model. IFPRI Blog. First published online on September 13, 2024. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/limiting-deforestation-involves-complex-tradeoffs-results-from-a-global-land-use-model/. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/limiting-deforestation-involves-complex-tradeoffs-results-from-a-global-land-use-model/ |
| spellingShingle | forests carbon sinks land degradation agricultural production Mishra, Abhijeet Jones, Eleanor Limiting deforestation involves complex tradeoffs: Results from a global land-use model |
| title | Limiting deforestation involves complex tradeoffs: Results from a global land-use model |
| title_full | Limiting deforestation involves complex tradeoffs: Results from a global land-use model |
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| title_short | Limiting deforestation involves complex tradeoffs: Results from a global land-use model |
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| topic | forests carbon sinks land degradation agricultural production |
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