Protecting tropical forest carbon stocks may not prevent large-scale species loss

Protecting tropical forest carbon stocks may not prevent large-scale species loss

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-tropical-forest-carbon-stocks-large-scale.html

Investments designed to prevent massive carbon losses from the world's tropical forests are likely to be least effective for biodiversity in the most ecologically valuable forests, according to research by an international team, led by scientists from Lancaster University's Environment Centre (UK) and The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA).

Alarmingly, in these forests, up to 77% of species that would have been protected through biodiversity conservation were not protected through measures focused solely on protecting carbon stocks.