Sentences with phrase «ecosystem carbon management»

The report says that tropical forests, peatlands and agriculture should be the priority in ecosystem carbon management.

Thawing permafrost also delivers organic - rich soils to lake bottoms, where decomposition in the absence of oxygen releases additional methane.116 Extensive wildfires also release carbon that contributes to climate warming.107, 117,118 The capacity of the Yukon River Basin in Alaska and adjacent Canada to store carbon has been substantially weakened since the 1960s by the combination of warming and thawing of permafrost and by increased wildfire.119 Expansion of tall shrubs and trees into tundra makes the surface darker and rougher, increasing absorption of the sun's energy and further contributing to warming.120 This warming is likely stronger than the potential cooling effects of increased carbon dioxide uptake associated with tree and shrub expansion.121 The shorter snow - covered seasons in Alaska further increase energy absorption by the land surface, an effect only slightly offset by the reduced energy absorption of highly reflective post-fire snow - covered landscapes.121 This spectrum of changes in Alaskan and other high - latitude terrestrial ecosystems jeopardizes efforts by society to use ecosystem carbon management to offset fossil fuel emissions.94, 95,96

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Agroforestry and other techniques for better environmental management of such agriculture remain rare, despite their proven ability to help balance increased food production with ecosystem services like carbon sequestration.

«We advocate complementing any carbon - based management approaches with other incentive schemes such as payment for ecosystem service programmes.»

Setting Priorities: The transition to «climate smart» land management practices, including for example low - emissions agriculture, agroforestry and the restoration of high carbon - value ecosystems, such as forests and peatlands, will require sectoral coordination and investments in integrated land use planning.

The Blue Carbon Initiative partners, as well as many other organizations around the world, are working on conservation science, policy and management of blue carbon ecosystems globally.

Major objectives include national - level accounting of carbon stocks and emissions from blue carbon ecosystems, increased management effectiveness of blue carbon ecosystems within protected areas, and the development of blue carbon offsets for tourism activities.

Understanding the potential consequences of rising ocean carbon levels and related ocean changes for marine life and ecosystems is a high priority for the ocean research community and marine resource management.

Soil carbon lost from Mollisols of the North Central U.S.A. with 20 years of agricultural best management practices, Gregg R. Sanford et al., Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, v162, pp 68 et seq..

Superior results in terms of range ecosystem improvement, productivity, soil carbon and fertility, water holding capacity and profitability have been regularly obtained by ranchers using multiple paddocks per herd with short periods of grazing, long recovery periods and adaptively changing recovery periods and other management elements as conditions change [4,5].

Fourteen percent of corporations reporting emissions data to CDP engage in carbon - inclusive carbon management, according to recent Ecosystem Marketplace research.

Combining the numbers from Ecosystem Marketplace's latest Forest Carbon Markets report, which identifies 168 conservation projects under carbon management that protects over 25 million hectares of forest, with the business sector's rising interest in REDD and other forest carbon initiatives indicate incentives - based schemes for conservation are working.

Changes in carbon stocks and ecosystem function linked to anthropogenic activities such as land - use change and land management determine emissions and removals of GHG that are reported by countries for the IPCC Land Use, Land - Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) categories.

Many negotiators tell Ecosystem Marketplace that REDD itself is no longer a contentious issue, but that things get hairy when they try to digest the decision made in Bali to expand the land - use debate from REDD alone into broader issues of «conservation, sustainable management of forests, changes in forest cover and associated carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks to enhance action on mitigation of climate change and to the consideration of reference levels.»

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

In recent years, markets and payments for ecosystem services (PES), such as carbon sequestration, watershed protection and biodiversity conservation, have emerged in several African nations as a viable method for maintaining ecosystems and rewarding responsible environmental management.

Also included was the need to enhance local and regional management practices to identify and reduce the primary drivers of high - carbon coastal system degradation, as well as the requirement to enhance international recognition of coastal carbon ecosystems.

This refers to that part of the framework convention itself that recognizes «common but differentiated» responsibilities between rich and poor countries, and also the need to promote the sustainable management of natural carbon sinks, including «biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems.»

According to Mr. Heikki Simola Finnish Association for Nature Conservation Finnish forest management has made Finnish forest and mire ecosystems as a considerable net source of carbon into the atmosphere for decades.

Land management and maintenance of the biodiversity and ecosystems through programs including Working on Country and the development of Indigenous Management Agreements, as well as carbon abatement through fire management, and carbon sequestration may all be opportunities available to Indigenous lamanagement and maintenance of the biodiversity and ecosystems through programs including Working on Country and the development of Indigenous Management Agreements, as well as carbon abatement through fire management, and carbon sequestration may all be opportunities available to Indigenous laManagement Agreements, as well as carbon abatement through fire management, and carbon sequestration may all be opportunities available to Indigenous lamanagement, and carbon sequestration may all be opportunities available to Indigenous land owners.