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dc.contributor.authorMackey, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorKeith, Heather
dc.contributor.authorL. Berry, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorB. Lindenmayer, David
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-11 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:55:00Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:55:00Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier459256
dc.identifierOCN: 880597084en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33738
dc.description.abstractThe colour of carbon matters. Green carbon is the carbon stored in the plants and soil of natural ecosystems and is a vital part of the global carbon cycle. This report is the first in a series that examines the role of natural forests in the storage of carbon, the impacts of human land use activities, and the implications for climate change policy nationally and internationally. REDD (“reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation”) is now part of the agenda for the “Bali Action Plan” being debated in the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009. Currently, international rules are blind to the colour of carbon so that the green carbon in natural forests is not recognised, resulting in perverse outcomes including ongoing deforestation and forest degradation, and the conversion of extensive areas of land to industrial plantations. This report examines REDD policy from a green carbon scientific perspective. Subsequent reports will focus on issues concerning the carbon sequestration potential of commercially logged natural forests, methods for monitoring REDD, and the long term implications of forest policy and management for the global carbon cycle and climate change.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNA Environmentalist thought and ideologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silvicultureen_US
dc.subject.othercarbon
dc.subject.otherforests
dc.subject.otherplants
dc.subject.otherenvironmental aspects
dc.subject.otherBiomass
dc.subject.otherCarrying capacity
dc.subject.otherClimate change (general concept)
dc.subject.otherEcological economics
dc.subject.otherGreenhouse gas
dc.subject.otherHectare
dc.subject.otherLand use
dc.titleGreen Carbon
dc.title.alternativeThe role of natural forests in carbon storage
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_459256
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.pages47
oapen.place.publicationCanberra
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Biomass - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass; Carbon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon; Carbon cycle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle; Carrying capacity - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_capacity; Climate change (general concept) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_(general_concept); Ecological economics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_economics; Greenhouse gas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas; Hectare - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare; Land use - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_use


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