Implementing REDD+ in Papua New Guinea: Can biodiversity indicators be effectively integrated in PNG's National Forest Inventory?

Grussu, Giorgio; Attorre, Fabio; Mollicone, Danilo; Dargusch, Paul; Guillet, Alfredo; Marchetti, Marco

doi:10.1080/11263504.2014.900131

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“…Datasets measuring changes in forest carbon emissions can be used to assess changes in biodiversity, water and soil resources. Integration of carbon and environmental objectives at the design stage, can help modulate and optimize the balance between carbon and co-benefits [44,45], help clarify monitoring needs and improve project performance.…”

Section: Integration Across Scales and Disciplines In Redd+ Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards integrated monitoring of REDD+

Sassi

Joseph

Bos

et al. 2015

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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Section: Integration Across Scales and Disciplines In Redd+ Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards integrated monitoring of REDD+

Sassi

Joseph

Bos

et al. 2015

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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“…This is also the case for mangrove wetlands. Papua New Guinea is implementing the UN-REDD+ mechanism (the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation plus Sustainable Forest Management, Conservation of Forests, Enhancement of carbon sinks), (Grussu et al, 2014). This aims to decrease emissions (e.g., from slash and burn deforestation) and enhance forest carbon-sequestration.…”

Section: Summary Of the Main Direct Pressures On Coastal Wetlands Andmentioning

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Anthropogenic, Direct Pressures on Coastal Wetlands

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Coastal wetlands, such as saltmarshes and mangroves that fringe transitional waters, deliver important ecosystem services that support human development. Coastal wetlands are complex social-ecological systems that occur at all latitudes, from polar regions to the tropics. This overview covers wetlands in five continents. The wetlands are of varying size, catchment size, human population and stages of economic development. Economic sectors and activities in and around the coastal wetlands and their catchments exert multiple, direct pressures. These pressures affect the state of the wetland environment, ecology and valuable ecosystem services. All the coastal wetlands were found to be affected in some ways, irrespective of the conservation status. The main economic sectors were agriculture, animal rearing including aquaculture, fisheries, tourism, urbanization, shipping, industrial development and mining. Specific human activities include land reclamation, damming, draining and water extraction, construction of ponds for aquaculture and salt extraction, construction of ports and marinas, dredging, discharge of effluents from urban and industrial areas and logging, in the case of mangroves, subsistence hunting and oil and gas extraction. The main pressures were loss of wetland habitat, changes in connectivity affecting hydrology and sedimentology, as well as contamination and pollution. These pressures lead to changes in environmental state, such as erosion, subsidence and hypoxia that threaten the sustainability of the wetlands. There are also changes in the state of the ecology, such as loss of saltmarsh plants and seagrasses, and mangrove trees, in tropical wetlands. Changes in the structure and function of the wetland ecosystems affect ecosystem

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“…The Cancun Agreement provided guidance for safeguarding biodiversity by requiring that REDD+ actions do not result in the conversion of natural forests to plantations, but instead be used to incentivize the conservation of natural forests and their ecosystem services, and enhance environmental benefits (UNFCCC 2011). Although a step in the right direction, the wording was considered too general and not operational (Gardner et al 2012;Grussu et al 2014). Despite the evolution of international safeguard discussions since Cancun, safeguards for biodiversity and other non-carbon benefits remain vague (Pistorius and Reinecke 2013).…”

Section: Realizing the Delivery Of Biodiversity Co-benefits In Redd+mentioning

confidence: 99%

Safeguarding biodiversity in REDD+: Necessary but not sufficient to help slow global biodiversity loss

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2014

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Implementing REDD+ in Papua New Guinea: Can biodiversity indicators be effectively integrated in PNG's National Forest Inventory?

Cited by 15 publications

References 20 publications

Towards integrated monitoring of REDD+

Towards integrated monitoring of REDD+

Anthropogenic, Direct Pressures on Coastal Wetlands

Safeguarding biodiversity in REDD+: Necessary but not sufficient to help slow global biodiversity loss

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