Spatial optimization of carbon-stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibility

dc.contributor.authorGreve, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorReyers, Belinda
dc.contributor.authorLykke, Anne Mette
dc.contributor.authorSvenning, Jens-Christian
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-01T09:53:27Z
dc.date.available2014-04-01T09:53:27Z
dc.date.issued2013-12
dc.description.abstractCarbon offset projects through forestation are employed within the emissions trading framework to store carbon. Yet, information about the potential of landscapes to stock carbon, essential to the design of offset projects, is often lacking. Here, based on data on vegetation carbon, climate and soil, we quantify the potential for carbon storage in woody vegetation across tropical Africa. The ability of offset projects to produce co-benefits for ecosystems and people is then quantified. When co-benefits such as biodiversity conservation are considered, the top-ranked sites are sometimes different to sites selected purely for their carbon-stocking potential, although they still possess up to 92% of the latter carbon-stocking potential. This work provides the first continental-scale assessment of which areas may provide the greatest direct and indirect benefits from carbon storage reforestation projects at the smallest costs and risks, providing crucial information for prioritization of investments in carbon storage projects.en_US
dc.description.librarianhb2014en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.nature.com/naturecommunicationsen_US
dc.identifier.citationGreve, M, Reyers, B, Lykke, AM & Svenning, JC 2013, 'Spatial optimization of carbon-stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibility', Nature Communications, vol. 4, art. 2975.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1038/ncomms3975
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/37330
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNature Communicationsen_US
dc.rights© 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.subjectEarth sciencesen_US
dc.subjectBiogeochemistryen_US
dc.subjectClimate scienceen_US
dc.titleSpatial optimization of carbon-stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibilityen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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