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… temperate and boreal biomes contain globally significant carbon stocks, and that primary forests have significantly more carbon than degraded and fragmented forests; HIGHLIGHTING … and the role of forests in sequestering and storing carbon; ACKNOWLEDGING the varying definitions of primary …

… forests) provide important ecosystem services such as carbon storage, air regulation, fuelwood, freshwater flow, … freight – which is responsible for much higher levels of carbon emissions per product (FF 2007). Consumer care Over … breeding (where animals are raised in captivity but stock, for example eggs / young, may be supplemented from the …

… net positive impact) 11 Biodiversity offsets compared with carbon and other offsets 12 3 Why biodiversity offsets? The … is a particular mechanism in other contexts such as carbon trading and perhaps because terms such as “mitigation” … in a different ecological unit that supports the same stock or species; increase the productive capacity of …

… also reduces the ability of natural systems to sequester carbon which increases the incidence and impact of climate … species and store more than 15% of global terrestrial carbon stock. IUCN emphasises that protected areas should not be …

… Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint Role of the multilateral environmental … resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and …

… FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FIP Forest Investment Program GAS … from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, enhancement of carbon stock, sustainable management of forests, and conservation in …

… markets for ecosystem services, including markets for carbon emission reduction and sequestration, watershed … trade in ecosystem services is the growing market in carbon emission reduction and sequestration services. Valued … entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol (Lecocq, 2004). The carbon market has clearly demonstrated the feasibility of …

… resilience and the contribu- tion of biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and …

… of rapid global develop- ment in these areas, it takes stock and pinpoints the actions required to improve marine … con- servation in a changing ocean • Developing a Blue Carbon component in ORs and OCTs climate and MPA strategies M … Fishing Coastal protection bioprospecting / Research Carbon sequestration …

… and biodiversity • Loss of soil nutrients and organic carbon • Water and wind erosion • Loss of water availability, … linear regression model to predict levels of biomass and carbon in mangrove ecosystems. Once published, this research … an inexpensive and reliable way of estimating carbon stock in mangroves. Capacity building and awareness-raising …