Improved tropical forest management for carbon retention

Source: PLoS biology, vol.6(7) 2008
"Most ongoing discussions of REDD focus on tropical deforestation, while the potential carbon saving from reduced forest degradation is mostly disregarded. Given that carbon losses due to degradation could be of the same magnitude as those from deforestation, this disregard is worrisome. We show here that substantial reductions of global CO2 emissions can be achieved by improving forest management in the tropics, and argue that this cost-effective approach to mitigation should be included in the new climate change agreement."