LEADER 02842 am 22004453u 450 001 9910141780203321 005 20200909165619.0 024 7 $a10.26530/OAPEN_459256 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409944 035 $a(OAPEN)459256 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00124589 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409944 100 $a20200616d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmu#---||uuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGreen carbon $ethe role of natural forest in carbon storage$hPart 1$iA green carbon account of Australia's south-eastern Eucalypt forests, and policy implications /$fBrendan G. Mackey [and others] 210 1$aCanberra, Australian Capital Territory :$cAustralian National University E Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (48 pages) $cillustrations; digital, PDF file(s) 311 08$aPrint version: 9781921313875 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThe colour of carbon matters. Green carbon is the carbon stored in the plants and soil of natural ecosystems and is a vital part of the global carbon cycle. This report is the first in a series that examines the role of natural forests in the storage of carbon, the impacts of human land use activities, and the implications for climate change policy nationally and internationally. REDD (?reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation?) is now part of the agenda for the ?Bali Action Plan? being debated in the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009. Currently, international rules are blind to the colour of carbon so that the green carbon in natural forests is not recognised, resulting in perverse outcomes including ongoing deforestation and forest degradation, and the conversion of extensive areas of land to industrial plantations. This report examines REDD policy from a green carbon scientific perspective. Subsequent reports will focus on issues concerning the carbon sequestration potential of commercially logged natural forests, methods for monitoring REDD, and the long term implications of forest policy and management for the global carbon cycle and climate change. 606 $aCarbon$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aForests and forestry$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aPlants$xEffect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on 608 $bElectronic books. 615 0$aCarbon$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aForests and forestry$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aPlants$xEffect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on. 676 $a577.3144 700 $aMackey$b Brendan$g(Brendan G.),$0801496 801 0$bWaSeSS 801 1$bWaSeSS 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141780203321 996 $aGreen carbon$92196357 997 $aUNINA