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Restoring Trust: Rebuilding the Forest Carbon Credit System Through Scientific Rigor

open access: yesBiological Diversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As pivotal nature‐based climate solutions (NbCS), forests are increasingly recognized for their climate mitigation potential. However, this potential is undermined by fundamental flaws in current carbon credit systems. Our analysis identifies four interconnected systemic challenges: (1) subjective additionality assessments arising from ...
Xiaoqian Chen, Shaokun Li
wiley   +1 more source

Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

The carbon source-sink function of Hulun Lake, a large shallow eutrophic lake in northern China

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Lakes are known to play a crucial role in the world-wide carbon cycling due to the efficient organic carbon burial as well as large amount of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere.
Fengju Zhang, Bin Xue, Shuchun Yao
doaj   +1 more source

From sink to source: high inter-annual variability in the carbon budget of a Southern African wetland. [PDF]

open access: yesPhilos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 2022
Helfter C   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate Change Risks and Customer Concentration: Evidence From US‐Listed Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While prior studies have investigated climate risks in supply chains, customer ESG pressures, and shared climate exposure, this paper is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to provide direct empirical evidence on the relationship between climate change risks and firms' customer concentration.
Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological carrying capacity and carbon sequestration potential of Ruditapes philippinarum: a case study in Dashentang national marine ranch in TianJin Bohai Bay, China

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
IntroductionAs an ecologically and economically significant bivalve species, the Ruditapes philippinarum plays a vital role in carbon sequestration and marine ecosystem restoration.
Yue Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structuring national and sub-national economic incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation in Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yes
We estimate the impacts that alternative national and sub-national economic incentive structures for reducing emissions from deforestation (REDD+) in Indonesia would have had on greenhouse gas emissions and national and local revenue if they had been in ...
Arief Anshory Yusuf   +9 more
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Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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