Trends in tropical forest loss and the social value of emission reductions
Trends in tropical forest loss and the social value of emission reductions
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热带森林损失趋势和减排的社会价值
DOI:
10.1038/s41893-023-01175-9
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
27.6
通讯作者:
Knoke T
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作者:
Knoke T
Reducing global forest losses is essential to mitigate climate change and its associated social costs. Multiple market and non-market factors can enhance or reduce forest loss. Here, to understand the role of non-market factors (for example, policies, climate anomalies or conflicts), we can compare observed trends to a reference (expected) scenario that excludes non-market factors. We define an expected scenario by simulating land-use decisions solely driven by market prices, productivities and presumably plausible decision-making. The land-use allocation model considers economic profits and uncertainties as incentives for forest conversion. We compare reference forest losses in Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia (2000–2019) with observed forest losses and assign differences from non-market factors. Our results suggest that non-market factors temporarily lead to lower-than-expected forest losses summing to 11.1 million hectares, but also to phases with higher-than-expected forest losses of 11.3 million hectares. Phases with lower-than-expected forest losses occurred earlier than those with higher-than-expected forest losses. The damages avoided by delaying emissions that would otherwise have occurred represent a social value of US$61.6 billion (as of the year 2000). This result shows the economic importance of forest conservation efforts in the tropics, even if reduced forest loss might be temporary and reverse over time.
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
2022
期刊:
INFORMS Journal on Optimization
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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2021
期刊:
Social Science Research Network
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Thales A. P. West;J. Börner;E. Sills;A. Kontoleon
通讯作者:
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