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Center for International Forestry Research
Nonprofit•Bogor, Indonesia•
About: Center for International Forestry Research is a nonprofit organization based out in Bogor, Indonesia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Forest management & Deforestation. The organization has 1265 authors who have published 2920 publications receiving 136721 citations. The organization is also known as: CIFOR.
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TL;DR: Payments for environmental services (PES) have attracted increasing interest as a mechanism to translate external, non-market values of the environment into real financial incentives for local actors to provide environmental services as mentioned in this paper.
2,130 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantified whole-ecosystem carbon storage by measuring tree and dead wood biomass, soil carbon content, and soil depth in 25 mangrove forests across a broad area of the Indo-Pacific region.
Abstract: Mangrove forests occur along ocean coastlines throughout the tropics, and support numerous ecosystem services, including fisheries production and nutrient cycling. However, the areal extent of mangrove forests has declined by 30-50% over the past half century as a result of coastal development, aquaculture expansion and over-harvesting1, 2, 3, 4. Carbon emissions resulting from mangrove loss are uncertain, owing in part to a lack of broad-scale data on the amount of carbon stored in these ecosystems, particularly below ground5. Here, we quantified whole-ecosystem carbon storage by measuring tree and dead wood biomass, soil carbon content, and soil depth in 25 mangrove forests across a broad area of the Indo-Pacific region—spanning 30° of latitude and 73° of longitude—where mangrove area and diversity are greatest4, 6. These data indicate that mangroves are among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics, containing on average 1,023 Mg carbon per hectare.
2,029 citations
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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna1, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology2, Center for International Forestry Research3, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne4, University of Turin5, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic6, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague7, University of Naples Federico II8, Forestry Commission9, University of Bari10, University of Ljubljana11, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research12
TL;DR: It is concluded that both ecosystems and society should be prepared for an increasingly disturbed future of forests, as warmer and drier conditions particularly facilitate fire, drought and insect disturbances, while warmer and wetter conditions increase disturbances from wind and pathogens.
Abstract: Forest disturbances are sensitive to climate. However, our understanding of disturbance dynamics in response to climatic changes remains incomplete, particularly regarding large-scale patterns, interaction effects and dampening feedbacks. Here we provide a global synthesis of climate change effects on important abiotic (fire, drought, wind, snow and ice) and biotic (insects and pathogens) disturbance agents. Warmer and drier conditions particularly facilitate fire, drought and insect disturbances, while warmer and wetter conditions increase disturbances from wind and pathogens. Widespread interactions between agents are likely to amplify disturbances, while indirect climate effects such as vegetation changes can dampen long-term disturbance sensitivities to climate. Future changes in disturbance are likely to be most pronounced in coniferous forests and the boreal biome. We conclude that both ecosystems and society should be prepared for an increasingly disturbed future of forests.
1,388 citations
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Michael R. Hoffmann1, Craig Hilton-Taylor2, Ariadne Angulo2, Monika Böhm3 +170 more•Institutions (81)
TL;DR: Though the threat of extinction is increasing, overall declines would have been worse in the absence of conservation, and current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups.
Abstract: Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world's vertebrates. One-fifth of species are classified as Threatened, and we show that this figure is increasing: On average, 52 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians move one category closer to extinction each year. However, this overall pattern conceals the impact of conservation successes, and we show that the rate of deterioration would have been at least one-fifth again as much in the absence of these. Nonetheless, current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups: agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, and invasive alien species.
1,333 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize the information presented, according to case characteristics with respect to design, costs, environmental effectiveness, and other outcomes, and conclude that user-financed PES programs were better targeted, more closely tailored to local conditions and needs, had better monitoring and a greater willingness to enforce conditionality, and had far fewer confounding side objectives than government-funded programs.
1,157 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Francis E. Putz | 74 | 249 | 19053 |
Douglas Sheil | 71 | 315 | 19213 |
Martin Herold | 70 | 365 | 19895 |
Bruce M. Campbell | 67 | 227 | 17616 |
Jose A. Rodriguez | 63 | 597 | 17218 |
Erik Meijaard | 60 | 250 | 11304 |
Jianchu Xu | 58 | 370 | 18285 |
Sven Wunder | 57 | 191 | 19645 |
Meine van Noordwijk | 57 | 241 | 11468 |
Louis V. Verchot | 55 | 183 | 14400 |
Subhrendu K. Pattanayak | 53 | 188 | 11330 |
Daniel Murdiyarso | 53 | 167 | 13501 |
Peter E. Smouse | 52 | 150 | 60792 |
Arild Angelsen | 52 | 169 | 18886 |
Jeffrey Sayer | 50 | 188 | 11063 |