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Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture

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Title Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture
 
Creator Wollenberg, Eva K.
Campbell, Bruce M.
Nihart, A
Holmgren, Peter
Seymour, F.
Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
Braun, Joachim von
 
Subject agriculture
climate
food security
deforestation
 
Description Agriculture needs to feed 9 billion people by 2050. This will require a 70 100% increase in food production (Godfray et al. 2010). Given climate change, a new kind of agriculture is therefore essential, one that must meet the triple challenge not only of ensuring food security, but also of adapting to future climate change and contributing to climate change mitigation. Meeting these challenges will require coordination with the mechanism known as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) and other efforts to conserve forests. REDD+ will have to limit the expansion of agriculture if it is to be successful (Nepstad et al. 2009; DeFries et al. 2010). Agriculture is a primary driver of deforestation in most countries, including in Brazil and Indonesia, where 61% of global deforestation occurs. Projected increases in demand for food and bioenergy by 2050 will increase pressure on forests further (von Braun 2007).
 
Date 2011
2014-08-15T12:13:26Z
2014-08-15T12:13:26Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Wollenberg E, Campbell BM, Nihart A, Holmgren P, Seymour F, Sibanda L, von Braun J. 2011. Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture. In Peetermans J, ed, Greenhouse Gas Market Report 2011 Asia and Beyond: the Roadmap to Global Carbon & Energy Markets. Genève, Switzerland: International Emissions Trading Association. p. 95-100.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42128
http://www.ieta.org/assets/Reports/ieta%202011%20ghg%20market%20report%20final.pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format p. 95-100
 
Publisher International Emissions Trading Association