{"id":2614,"date":"2022-11-16T10:58:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/?post_type=publications&p=2614"},"modified":"2023-01-18T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T00:45:34","slug":"ecosystem-integrity-maximises-climate-mitigation-and-minimises-risk-in-international-forest-policy","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/publications\/ecosystem-integrity-maximises-climate-mitigation-and-minimises-risk-in-international-forest-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy brief: Ecosystem integrity maximises climate mitigation and minimises risk in international forest policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Protecting and restoring forests are a key\u00a0solution for the climate crisis as forest\u00a0ecosystems remove carbon from the atmosphere\u00a0and accumulate it in living trees, dead wood\u00a0and the soil. Forest ecosystems provide the\u00a0habitat for millions of species found nowhere\u00a0else, and help regulate local climate conditions\u00a0and provide our freshest water. They function as\u00a0natural quarantines against pathogen spillover\u00a0from wildlife to humans and livestock. Forests are also the customary territories of many of\u00a0the world\u2019s Indigenous and local communities.<\/p>\n
However, not all forests are equal, and the benefits they provide us vary according to their ecosystem condition. The differences in their condition are mainly the result of the impacts from human land use and associated activities. Yet little consideration has been given to differentiating forest types and management schemes even though forests in poorer condition are at a greater risk of loss from both human and natural disturbances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
This study was also published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Jacqueline Dean, Richard Birdsey, Richard A. Houghton, and William R. Moomaw <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Brendan M. Rogers, Brendan Mackey, Tatiana A. Shestakova, Heather Keith, Virginia Young, Cyril F. Kormos, Dominick A. DellaSala, Jacqueline Dean, Richard Birdsey, Glenn Bush, Richard A. Houghton and William R. Moomaw (2022). Using ecosystem integrity to maximize mitigation and minimize risk in international forest policy<\/em>. Griffith Climate Action Beacon Science Informing Policy Briefing Note 2\/22, pp. 1-5. Brisbane, Australia: Griffith University. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25904\/1912\/4555<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ecological, social and economic values of forests are widely known and avoiding their loss and degradation has been recognized in national and international policy as critical for helping address the many global problems we face. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":[6,41,37,36,32,30,96,39],"featured_media":641,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","researchfield":[108],"publicationtype":[72],"case_study":[48],"yoast_head":"\nArticle authors<\/h2>
Brendan Rogers<\/a><\/h3>
Brendan Mackey<\/a><\/h3>
Tatiana Shestakova<\/a><\/h3>
Heather Keith<\/a><\/h3>
Virginia Young<\/a><\/h3>
Cyril Kormos<\/a><\/h3>
Dominick DellaSalla<\/a><\/h3>
Glenn Bush<\/a><\/h3>
Additional authors<\/h3>\n
Reference<\/h3>\n