Geographic overlaps between priority areas for forest carbon storage efforts and those for delivering peacebuilding programs: implications for policy design

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dc.creatorCastro Nuñez, Augusto
dc.creatorMertz, Ole
dc.creatorSosa, Chrystian C.
dc.date2017-05-01
dc.date2017-05-12T19:11:10Z
dc.date2017-05-12T19:11:10Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:41:59Z
dc.descriptionOf the countries considering national-level policies for incentivizing reductions in forest-based greenhouse gas emissions (REDD+), some 25 are experiencing (or are emerging from) armed-conflicts. It has been hypothesized that the outcomes of the interactions between carbon-storage and peacebuilding efforts could result in either improved or worsened forest conservation and likewise increased or decreased conflict. Hence, for this study we explore potential interactions between forest carbon-storage and peacebuilding efforts, with Colombia as a case study. Spatial associations between biomass carbon and three conflict-related variables suggest that such interactions may exist. Nonetheless, while priority areas for carbon-focused conservation are presumably those at highest risks of deforestation, our research indicates that forests with lower risk of deforestation are typically those affected by armed-conflict. Our findings moreover highlight three possible roles played by Colombian forested municipalities in armed groups' military strategies: venues for battle, hideouts, and sources of natural resources to finance war.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/81010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/85785
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCastro-Nuñez, Augusto; Mertz, Ole; Sosa, Chrystian C.. 2017. Geographic overlaps between priority areas for forest carbon storage efforts and those for delivering peacebuilding programs: implications for policy design. Environmental Research Letters .12 (5): 054014.
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectgreenhouse gases
dc.subjectdeforestation
dc.subjectredd +
dc.subjectarmed conflicts
dc.subjectforest conservation
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectcambio climático
dc.subjectgases de efecto invernadero
dc.subjectdeforestación
dc.subjectconflictos armados
dc.subjectconservación de montes
dc.subjectutilización de la tierra
dc.titleGeographic overlaps between priority areas for forest carbon storage efforts and those for delivering peacebuilding programs: implications for policy design
dc.typeJournal Article

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