Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2023)

Reporting carbon fluxes from unmanaged forest

  • Gert-Jan Nabuurs,
  • Philippe Ciais,
  • Giacomo Grassi,
  • Richard A. Houghton,
  • Brent Sohngen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01005-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Unmanaged land areas are not included in current national reports on greenhouse gas emissions for the Paris Agreement. Here, we argue that carbon dioxide fluxes from all forest land need to be recorded in order to help tracking progress towards global climate targets.