Current European policies are unlikely to jointly foster carbon sequestration and protect biodiversity
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F16%3A00091612" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/16:00091612 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.005" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.005</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.005</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Current European policies are unlikely to jointly foster carbon sequestration and protect biodiversity
Original language description
The extension of forest area is a globally accepted tool to offset CO2 emissions from deforestation and the combustion of fossil fuels. The common assumption is that in addition to the perceived climate benefits increasing forest area will also support biodiversity, thus making afforestation a “win-win scenario”. Based on the existing scientific evidences, we show that joined climate and biodiversity benefits are strongly context-dependent and that the outcome of afforestation is often highly questionable. In Europe, grasslands managed at low intensity contribute substantially to biodiversity conservation and carbon storage. However, many of these grasslands have been lost due to abandonment and subsequent spontaneous succession towards woody vegetation, or due to land use intensification. Moreover, grasslands are the ecosystems most often deliberately afforested in the context of EU carbon-centered policies that may thus counteract biodiversity conservation programmes.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biological Conservation
ISSN
0006-3207
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
201
Issue of the periodical within the volume
September
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
370-376
UT code for WoS article
000384782800044
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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