期刊
BIOSCIENCE
卷 60, 期 9, 页码 698-707出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.9.7
关键词
carbon storage and sequestration; climate change and leakage; invasions and water use; REDD; transgenic Eucalyptus hybrid
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资金
- National Science Foundation [DEB-0717191, IOS-0920355]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [0920355] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Reversing forest losses through restoration, improvement, and conservation is a critical goal for greenhouse gas mitigation. Here, we examine some ecological, demographic, and economic opportunities and constraints on forest-loss mitigation activities. Reduced deforestation and forest degradation could cut global deforestation rates in half by 2030, preserving 1.5 billion to 3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO(2)e) emissions yearly. Our new economic modeling for the United States suggests that greenhouse gas payments of up to $50 per tCO(2)e could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 700 million tCO(2)e per year through afforestation, forest management, and bioelectricity generation. However, simulated carbon payments also imply the reduction of agricultural land area in the United States by 10% or more, decreasing agricultural exports and raising commodity food prices, imports, and leakage. Using novel transgenic eucalypts as our example, we predict selective breeding and genetic engineering can improve productivity per area, but maximizing productivity and biomass could make maintaining water supply, biodiversity, and other ecosystem services a challenge in a carbon-constrained world.
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