Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
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Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
Research suggests that diverse forests can capture approximately 226 Gigatonnes of carbon, but this potential can be achieved by incentivizing community-driven efforts to promote biodiversity. Restoration efforts should include natural diversity of species and sustainable practices.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential, as long as we cut emissions ETH Zurich · Nov 13, 2023 · first to report
- Diverse forests hold huge carbon-storage potential, as long as we cut emissions, study shows University of Michigan · Nov 13, 2023
- New global stocktake: Healthy forests could store much more carbon GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Helmholtz Centre · Nov 16, 2023