Forest Carbon Sequestration

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(1) Yadvinder Malhi and John Grace, 2000. (2) Values based on Federic Archard et al., 2004.

Uploaded 27 Feb 2012 by GRID-Arendal

Year: 2012

From collection: Biofuels Vital Graphics - Powering Green Economy

Author: Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

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Converting land for biofuel production can cause biodiversity impacts in the short-term, but such conversion also aects the future resilience of natural ecosystems. In an extreme case, complete deforestation reduces the ability of forestland to regenerate and absorb carbon in the future.

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Tags: Agriculture (186) , Biofuels (47) , Energy (175) , Forest (196) , Green economy (46)

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