Protected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries

United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
dc.coverage.spatial	Global
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:06:03Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:06:03Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8554
dc.description	Forests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries result from a recognition of the substantial greenhouse gas emissions resulting from deforestation, especially in the tropics. Depending on the method of forest clearing and the subsequent use of the felled trees and land, deforestation not only releases the carbon stored in the above ground biomass, but leads to decomposition of roots and mobilization of soil carbon.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	UNEP
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	carbon dioxide
dc.subject	emission control
dc.subject	emission factor
dc.subject	emission forecast
dc.subject	emission reduction
dc.subject	emission source
dc.subject	climate change
dc.subject	climate change adaptation
dc.subject	climate change mitigation
dc.subject	forest cover destruction
dc.subject	forest deterioration
dc.subject	deforestation
dc.subject	protected area
dc.title	Protected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets	en_US
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049