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Cheap carbon and biodiversity co-benefits from forest regeneration in a hotspot of endemism

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  • James J. Gilroy

    (Norwegian University of Life Sciences
    Present address: School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR47TJ, UK)

  • Paul Woodcock

    (Norwegian University of Life Sciences
    School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, LL5 2UW)

  • Felicity A. Edwards

    (School of Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT)

  • Charlotte Wheeler

    (UCL, WC1E 6BT)

  • Brigitte L. G. Baptiste

    (Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt)

  • Claudia A. Medina Uribe

    (Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt)

  • Torbjørn Haugaasen

    (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)

  • David P. Edwards

    (University of Sheffield, S10 2TN
    School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University)

Abstract

Selecting economically viable forest management strategies that deliver carbon storage and biodiversity benefits can be a difficult task. Now, research in the western Andes of Colombia shows that naturally regenerating forests can quickly accumulate carbon and support diverse ecological communities at minimal cost.

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  • James J. Gilroy & Paul Woodcock & Felicity A. Edwards & Charlotte Wheeler & Brigitte L. G. Baptiste & Claudia A. Medina Uribe & Torbjørn Haugaasen & David P. Edwards, 2014. "Cheap carbon and biodiversity co-benefits from forest regeneration in a hotspot of endemism," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(6), pages 503-507, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate2200
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2200
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    1. Zuluaga, Andrés & Etter, Andrés & Nepstad, Daniel & Chará, Julián & Stickler, Claudia & Warren, Matthew, 2021. "Colombia’s pathway to a more sustainable cattle sector: A spatial multi-criteria analysis," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
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    7. Luis R Carrasco & Edward L Webb & William S Symes & Lian P Koh & Navjot S Sodhi, 2017. "Global economic trade-offs between wild nature and tropical agriculture," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(7), pages 1-22, July.

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