To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife.
Loss of large-bodied wildlife, typically from hunting, degrades the ecological processes in tropical forests that sequester and store carbon. Carbon-based markets that incentivize wildlife conservation can generate revenues to support necessary forest and hunting management.
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| description | Loss of large-bodied wildlife, typically from hunting, degrades the ecological processes in tropical forests that sequester and store carbon. Carbon-based markets that incentivize wildlife conservation can generate revenues to support necessary forest and hunting management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41b56e2cec43477785499d8d210e86562023-10-02T12:17:28ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852023-08-01218e300226210.1371/journal.pbio.3002262To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife.Elizabeth L BennettJohn G RobinsonLoss of large-bodied wildlife, typically from hunting, degrades the ecological processes in tropical forests that sequester and store carbon. Carbon-based markets that incentivize wildlife conservation can generate revenues to support necessary forest and hunting management.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002262 |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth L Bennett John G Robinson To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife. PLoS Biology |
| title | To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife. |
| title_full | To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife. |
| title_fullStr | To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife. |
| title_full_unstemmed | To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife. |
| title_short | To avoid carbon degradation in tropical forests, conserve wildlife. |
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