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DOI	10.1038/s41467-021-21560-2
	Carbon prospecting in tropical forests for climate change mitigation
	Koh L.P.; Zeng Y.; Sarira T.V.; Siman K.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	2041-1723
卷号	12 期号:1
英文摘要	Carbon finance projects that protect tropical forests could support both nature conservation and climate change mitigation goals. Global demand for nature-based carbon credits is outpacing their supply, due partly to gaps in knowledge needed to inform and prioritize investment decisions. Here, we show that at current carbon market prices the protection of tropical forests can generate investible carbon amounting to 1.8 (±1.1) GtCO2e yr−1 globally. We further show that financially viable carbon projects could generate return-on-investment amounting to $46.0b y−1 in net present value (Asia-Pacific: $24.6b y−1; Americas: $19.1b y−1; Africa: $2.4b y−1). However, we also find that ~80% (1.24 billion ha) of forest carbon sites would be financially unviable for failing to break even over the project lifetime. From a conservation perspective, unless carbon prices increase in the future, it is imperative to implement other conservation interventions, in addition to carbon finance, to safeguard carbon stocks and biodiversity in vulnerable forests. © 2021, The Author(s).
语种	英语
scopus关键词	carbon; biodiversity; climate change; conservation status; nature conservation; pollution tax; tropical forest; Article; biodiversity; climate change; conservation biology; deforestation; forest; forestry; global climate; investment; lifespan; opportunity cost; tropical rain forest; Western Hemisphere; Africa; Pacific Ocean; Pacific Rim; Matthiola
来源期刊	Nature Communications
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/250756
作者单位	Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Koh L.P.,Zeng Y.,Sarira T.V.,et al. Carbon prospecting in tropical forests for climate change mitigation[J],2021,12(1).
APA	Koh L.P.,Zeng Y.,Sarira T.V.,&Siman K..(2021).Carbon prospecting in tropical forests for climate change mitigation.Nature Communications,12(1).
MLA	Koh L.P.,et al."Carbon prospecting in tropical forests for climate change mitigation".Nature Communications 12.1(2021).