Do forest conservation initiatives effectively mitigate climate change?
To address a wicked problem like climate change, a natural way to start is arguably to look for the path of least resistance. Declining carbon-rich tropical forests would seem to qualify in that respect. Forestlands are lost mainly due to conversion to often just modestly more profitable land uses, e.g. slash-and-burn agriculture or extensive pastures. Hence, why not pay landowners conditional incentives not to deforest, using funds from industrialised, historically high-emitting countries?
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Publication year
2024
