Reducing forests to carbon sinks poses risk, new report cautions policymakers: IUFRO

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Rising sense of crisis over climate change has caused the 'climatization' of forests that diminishes their value as complex ecosystems and for social welfare.There is major untapped potential for policymakers to support long-term, locally driven alternatives to market-based forest governance.To achieve an accurate picture of forest governance progress, equity and justice must take center stage rather than relying on deforestation rates alone.will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, in June this year.

 

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