Using carbon management as a sustainable strategy for protected and conserved areas

dc.contributor.authorDudley, Nigel
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Jo
dc.contributor.authorLindsey, Peter Andrew
dc.contributor.authorStolton, Sue
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-18T07:27:07Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractCountries are edging towards an agreement to set aside 30% of land and oceans for protected and conserved areas. Yet the funding to support such an ambitious conservation measure is largely lacking. The figures needed seem large. But well-managed natural ecosystems in protected areas offer benefits that meet other global commitments, like the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and many more. Protected areas thus offer contributions across many different international commitments, substantially increasing their real value. The REDD+ scheme and similar carbon offsetting initiatives offer opportunities for investors to tackle a wide range of socio-economic and environmental challenges simultaneously and is one of the clearest examples of multiplying benefits. These options are far from perfect, but already have a proven track record of bringing sustainable finance into conservation areas that have few other alternatives. We look at the pros and cons and argue that conservation institutions need to be scaling up their ambitions and bring such thinking more into the mainstream.en_US
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomologyen_US
dc.description.embargo2023-04-25
dc.description.librarianhj2022en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tbid20en_US
dc.identifier.citationNigel Dudley, Jo Anderson, Peter Lindsey & Sue Stolton (2022) Using carbon management as a sustainable strategy for protected and conserved areas, Biodiversity, 23:1, 30-34, DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2055646.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1488-8386 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2160-0651 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/14888386.2022.2055646
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86858
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dc.rights© 2022 Biodiversity Conservancy International. This is an electronic version of an article published in Biodiversity, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 30-34, 2022. doi : 10.1080/14888386.2022.2055646. Biodiversity is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tbid20.en_US
dc.subjectConservation areasen_US
dc.subjectParksen_US
dc.subjectReservesen_US
dc.subjectConservanciesen_US
dc.subjectConservation financeen_US
dc.titleUsing carbon management as a sustainable strategy for protected and conserved areasen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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