Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Can climate change be mitigated through forest management?


"Carbon that could be released through deforestation or forest degradation can be kept out of the atmosphere through the following land-use-based approaches:

    Slowing or stopping the loss of existing forests, thus preserving current carbon reservoirs;
    Adding to the planet's vegetative cover through reforestation or other means, thus enlarging living terrestrial carbon reservoirs;
    Increasing the carbon stored in non-living carbon reservoirs such as agricultural soils;
    Increasing the carbon stored in artificial reservoirs, including timber products; and
    Substituting sustainable biomass energy sources for fossil fuel consumption, thus reducing energy-related carbon emissions."



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