TY - JOUR
T1 - Climate-Smart Forestry: the missing link
AU - Verkerk, P. J.
AU - Costanza, Robert
AU - Hetemaki, L.
AU - Kubiszewski, Ida
AU - Leskinen, P.
AU - Nabuurs, G. J.
AU - Potocnik, J.
AU - Palahi, M.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - To achieve the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement, a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is needed, as well as increased removals by carbon sinks. In this context, we argue that Climate-Smart Forestry is a necessary, but still missing component in national strategies for implementing actions under the Paris Agreement. Climate-Smart Forestry is needed to (a) increase the total forest area and avoid deforestation, (b) connect mitigation with adaption measures to enhance the resilience of global forest resources, and (c) use wood
for products that store carbon and substitute emission-intensive fossil and non-renewable products and materials. Successful Climate-Smart Forestry has important policy implications on finding the right balance between short and long-term goals, as well as between the need for wood production, the protection of biodiversity and
the provision of other important ecosystem services. CSF thus can provide important co-benefits that are increasingly being recognized as essential for sustainable well-being.
AB - To achieve the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement, a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is needed, as well as increased removals by carbon sinks. In this context, we argue that Climate-Smart Forestry is a necessary, but still missing component in national strategies for implementing actions under the Paris Agreement. Climate-Smart Forestry is needed to (a) increase the total forest area and avoid deforestation, (b) connect mitigation with adaption measures to enhance the resilience of global forest resources, and (c) use wood
for products that store carbon and substitute emission-intensive fossil and non-renewable products and materials. Successful Climate-Smart Forestry has important policy implications on finding the right balance between short and long-term goals, as well as between the need for wood production, the protection of biodiversity and
the provision of other important ecosystem services. CSF thus can provide important co-benefits that are increasingly being recognized as essential for sustainable well-being.
U2 - 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102164
DO - 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102164
M3 - Article
SN - 1389-9341
VL - 115
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Forest Policy and Economics
JF - Forest Policy and Economics
ER -