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T1 Protected Areas: an Effective Tool to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 
K1 carbon dioxide
K1 emission control
K1 emission factor
K1 emission forecast
K1 emission reduction
K1 emission source
K1 climate change
K1 climate change adaptation
K1 climate change mitigation
K1 forest cover destruction
K1 forest deterioration
K1 deforestation
K1 protected area
PB United Nations Environment Programme
YR 2008
FD 2008
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8554
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8554
NO Forests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries result from a recognition of the substantial greenhouse gas emissions resulting from deforestation, especially in the tropics. Depending on the method of forest clearing and the subsequent use of the felled trees and land, deforestation not only releases the carbon stored in the above ground biomass, but leads to decomposition of roots and mobilization of soil carbon.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026