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Reduced-impact logging for climate change mitigation (RIL-C) can halve selective logging emissions from tropical forests.

dc.contributor.authorEllis, P.W.
dc.contributor.authorGoodman, R.C.
dc.contributor.authorPutz, F.E.
dc.contributor.authorRoopsind, A.
dc.contributor.authorUmunay, P.M.
dc.contributor.authorZalman, J.
dc.contributor.authorEllis, E.A.
dc.contributor.authorMo, K.
dc.contributor.authorGregoire, T.G.
dc.contributor.authorGriscom, B.W.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T18:55:20Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T18:55:20Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/555
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen access
dc.titleReduced-impact logging for climate change mitigation (RIL-C) can halve selective logging emissions from tropical forests.en
dcterms.abstractSelective logging causes at least half of the emissions from tropical forest degradation. Reduced-impact logging for climate (RIL-C) is proposed as a way to maintain timber production while minimizing forest damage. Here we synthesize data from 61 coordinated field-based surveys of logging impacts in seven countries across the tropics. We estimate that tropical selective logging emitted 834 Tg CO2 in 2015, 6% of total tropical greenhouse gas emissions. Felling, hauling, and skidding caused 59%, 31%, and 10% of these emissions, respectively. We suggest that RIL-C incentive programs consider a feasible target carbon impact factor of 2.3 Mg emitted per Mg of timber extracted. Operational modifications are needed to achieve this target, such as reduced wood waste, narrower haul roads, and lower impact skidding equipment. Full implementation would reduce logging emissions by 44% (366 Tg CO2 year−1) and deliver 4% of the nationally determined contributions to the Paris 2.3. Climate Agreement from tropical countries, while maintaining timber supplies.en
dcterms.issued2019
dcterms.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
fsc.evidenceCategoryFSC effect-related studies
fsc.focus.forestType(not yet curated)
fsc.focus.forestZoneTropical
fsc.focus.sustainDimension2. Environmental
fsc.focus.tenureManagement(not yet curated)
fsc.focus.tenureOwnership(not yet curated)
fsc.issue.environmentalCarbon
fsc.topic.environmental2.3. Climate
fscdoc.hashidden.adminyes
fscdoc.hashidden.useryes
fscdoc.intransitionno
is.coverage.countryMexico
is.coverage.countryPeru
is.coverage.countrySuriname
is.coverage.countryGabon
is.coverage.countryCongo
is.coverage.countryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
is.coverage.countryIndonesia
is.coverage.region(not yet curated)
is.evaluation.collectionField Measurements
is.evaluation.collectionMapping
is.evidenceSubTypeData collected before and after intervention
is.evidenceTypeComparative study with matched control
is.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.004
is.identifier.fscdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international780
is.journalNameForest Ecology and Management
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