Title
To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife
Author(s)
Bennett, Elizabeth L.; Robinson, John G.
Published
2023
Publisher
PLoS Biology
Abstract
Loss of large-bodied wildlife, typically from hunting, degrades the ecological processes in tropical forests that sequester and store carbon. Carbon-based markets that incentivize wildlife conservation can generate revenues to support necessary forest and hunting management.
Keywords
forests; carbon sequestration; tropical forests; wildlife; elephants; trees; biomass; forest ecology
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