DEVS 201 Chapter Notes -Climate Change Mitigation, Carbon Cycle, Ecosystem Services
12 Apr 2013
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Redd mitigation tropical deforestation is a major driver of climate change. Mitigation strategy name reduction emission from deforestation and forest degradation (redd) tackle emissions due to forest loss in developing countries: redd"s implementation presents several political and scientific challenges. Ecosystem services provided by forests are widely acknowledged. Red baseline scenarios depend on historical deforestation it was suggested that the best available data archive of historical deforestation area for. Redd could be global landsat imagery complemented by coarser resolution high frequency or radar data. Average and spatial distribution of biomass are practically unknown in the tropics the carbon density in the forest biomass can be calculated only using ground based forest carbon measurements. Plenty of data sources and methods are already available. New approaches would be necessary to extend field plot networks and fill the gaps between forest inventory plot measurements and satellite observations: airborne mapping methods can assist.
