Climate change. Managing forests after Kyoto.
The Kyoto protocol aims to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Part of the strategy is the active management of terrestrial carbon sinks, principally through afforestation and reforestation. In their Perspective, Schulze et al. argue that the preservation of old-growth forests may have a larger positive effect on the carbon cycle than promotion of regrowth.
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Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Post Office Box 100164, 07701 Jena, Germany. Detlef.Schulze@bgc-jena.mpg.de
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D002244:Carbon; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D014197:Trees
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002244:Carbon