Degradation and forgone removals increase the carbon impact of intact forest loss by 626% | Science Advances
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The Carbon Bomb - Scientific American Blog Network
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Decarbonizing the world’s fossil fuel–dominated economy must happen, but many other parts of the solution to the climate crisis are based in nature. As part of this portfolio of approaches, new research shows that we should be taking much better care of our last great intact forests because doing so has remarkable climate benefits.
The numbers reveal a staggering increase in the estimated #CO2 released by losses of intact tropical forest between 2000 and 2013—626 percent higher than previously thought.
Yet these intact forests are neglected in the targeting of funds, policies and public concern—eclipsed by more visible #deforestation frontiers and reforestation opportunities. If we are going to stay on top of the runaway growth in CO2 levels in the atmosphere, this needs to change.