Geographic overlaps between priority areas for forest carbon-storage efforts and those for delivering peacebuilding programs: Implications for policy design
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- Geographic overlaps between priority areas for forest carbon-storage efforts and those for delivering peacebuilding programs
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Of the countries considering national-level policies for incentivizing reductions in forest-based greenhouse gas emissions (REDD+), some 25 are experiencing (or are emerging from) armed-conflicts. It has been hypothesized that the outcomes of the interactions between carbon-storage and peacebuilding efforts could result in either improved or worsened forest conservation and likewise increased or decreased conflict. Hence, for this study we explore potential interactions between forest carbon-storage and peacebuilding efforts, with Colombia as a case study. Spatial associations between biomass carbon and three conflict-related variables suggest that such interactions may exist. Nonetheless, while priority areas for carbon-focused conservation are presumably those at highest risks of deforestation, our research indicates that forests with lower risk of deforestation are typically those affected by armed-conflict. Our findings moreover highlight three possible roles played by Colombian forested municipalities in armed groups' military strategies: venues for battle, hideouts, and sources of natural resources to finance war.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 054014 |
Journal | Environmental Research Letters |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 5 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISSN | 1748-9318 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
- armed-conflicts, Climate change, co-benefits, forest-carbon storage, peacebuilding, REDD, UNFCCC
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