Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Telecoupling interactions between social-ecological systems across large, often global distances drive negative impacts from the forest-based carbon market. However, these negative impacts have been underreported and, therefore, have likely been vastly underestimated. We identify how these unintended negative impacts may occur and provide recommendations for the forest-based carbon market to better account for externalities by prioritizing positive social impact, expanding comprehensive ecological outcomes, and improving the transparency of investments. We call for a carbon market that is designed to account for its global interconnectedness.
Source: BioScience
Institutions: Queensland University of Technology, The University of Queensland, Universidade de São Paulo, University of Exeter, Griffith University, The University of Melbourne, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Beijing Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, University of Minnesota
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Life on land
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,342
OpenAlex ID: W4403781235