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dc.titleEconomic and social constraints of reforestation for climate mitigation in Southeast Asia
dc.contributor.authorYiwen Zeng
dc.contributor.authorTasya Vadya Sarira
dc.contributor.authorL. Roman Carrasco
dc.contributor.authorKwek Yan Chong
dc.contributor.authorDaniel A. Friess
dc.contributor.authorJanice Ser Huay Lee
dc.contributor.authorPierre Taillardat
dc.contributor.authorThomas A. Worthington
dc.contributor.authorYuchen Zhang
dc.contributor.authorLian Pin Koh
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-01T06:22:43Z
dc.date.available2022-04-01T06:22:43Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-17
dc.identifier.citationYiwen Zeng, Tasya Vadya Sarira, L. Roman Carrasco, Kwek Yan Chong, Daniel A. Friess, Janice Ser Huay Lee, Pierre Taillardat, Thomas A. Worthington, Yuchen Zhang, Lian Pin Koh (2020-08-17). Economic and social constraints of reforestation for climate mitigation in Southeast Asia. Nature Climate Change 10 : 842–844. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0856-3
dc.identifier.issn17586798
dc.identifier.issn1758678X
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/218296
dc.description.abstractAs climate change continues to threaten human and natural systems, the search for cost-effective and practical mitigation solutions is gaining momentum. Reforestation has recently been identified as a promising nature-based climate solution. Yet there are context-dependent biophysical, financial, land-use and operational constraints to reforestation that demand careful consideration. Here, we show that 121 million ha of presently degraded land in Southeast Asia, a region noted for its significant reforestation potential, are biophysically suitable for reforestation. Reforestation of this land would contribute 3.43?±?1.29?PgCO2e yr?1 to climate mitigation through 2030. However, by taking a combination of on-the-ground financial, land use and operational constraints into account, we find that only a fraction of that mitigation potential may be achievable (0.3–18%). Such constraints are not insurmountable, but they show that careful planning and consideration are needed for effective landscape-scale reforestation.
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
dc.contributor.departmentGEOGRAPHY
dc.contributor.departmentNUS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.contributor.departmentTROPICAL MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
dc.description.doi10.1038/s41558-020-0856-3
dc.description.sourcetitleNature Climate Change
dc.description.volume10
dc.description.page842–844
dc.published.statePublished
dc.grant.idNRF-RSS2019-007
dc.grant.fundingagencyNational Research Foundation Singapore
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