Forest carbon offsets are failing

Science. 2023 Aug 25;381(6660):830-831. doi: 10.1126/science.adj6951. Epub 2023 Aug 24.

Authors

Julia P G Jones^{1

2}, Simon L Lewis^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
² Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
³ School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁴ Department of Geograhpy, University College London, London, UK.

PMID: 37616354
DOI: 10.1126/science.adj6951

Abstract

Analysis reveals emission reductions from forest conservation have been overestimated.

MeSH terms

Carbon*
Climate Change*
Conservation of Natural Resources*
Forests*

Substances

Carbon