Targeted carbon conservation at national scales with high-resolution monitoring
2014
Asner, Gregory P. | Knapp, David E. | Martin, Roberta E. | Tupayachi, Raul | Anderson, Christopher B. | Mascaro, Joseph | Sinca, Felipe | Chadwick, K Dana | Higgins, Mark | Farfan, William | Llactayo, William | Silman, Miles R.
Terrestrial carbon conservation can provide critical environmental, social, and climate benefits. Yet, the geographically complex mosaic of threats to, and opportunities for, conserving carbon in landscapes remain largely unresolved at national scales. Using a new high-resolution carbon mapping approach applied to Peróúúú, a megadiverse country undergoing rapid land use change, we found that at least 0.8 Pg of aboveground carbon stocks are at imminent risk of emission from land use activities. Map-based information on the natural controls over carbon density, as well as current ecosystem threats and protections, revealed three biogeographically explicit strategies that fully offset forthcoming land-use emissions. High-resolution carbon mapping affords targeted interventions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in rapidly developing tropical nations.
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