Environmental Science
4 years ago

Voluntary REDD+ projects in Amazon overstate carbon emission reductions.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Overstated carbon emission reductions from voluntary REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon
Thales A.P. West, Jan Börner, Erin O. Sills, Andreas Kontoleon

Paper Summary

The study looked at 12 voluntary projects in the Brazilian Amazon that aim to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation. Using a special method, the researchers found that the claimed reductions in forest loss by these projects are actually overstated. This means that the impact of these projects on preventing deforestation and fighting climate change is not as big as previously thought.

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