LEADER 02567nam 22004453a 450 001 9910976773503321 005 20250203235451.0 010 $a9781921313882 010 $a1921313889 024 8 $a10.26530/OAPEN_459256 035 $a(CKB)37387786300041 035 $a(ScCtBLL)7c4679ca-c11a-4820-a11d-33318376859a 035 $a(Perlego)2804720 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937387786300041 100 $a20250203i20082020 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGreen Carbon Part 1 : $eThe role of natural forests in carbon storage /$fBrendan Mackey, Heather Keith, Sandra L. Berry, David B. Lindenmayer 210 1$aCanberra :$cANU Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 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 $aNature$2bisacsh 606 $aTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / Forestry$2bisacsh 606 $aTechnology 615 7$aNature 615 7$aTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / Forestry 615 0$aTechnology. 700 $aMackey$b Brendan$0801496 702 $aKeith$b Heather 702 $aBerry$b Sandra L 702 $aLindenmayer$b David B 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910976773503321 996 $aGreen Carbon Part 1$94322634 997 $aUNINA