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Ecosystem-Based Climate Change Mitigation in Wider Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4918

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Centre for Conservation Science, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Potton Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Scientific and popular attention has been focused on the so-called ‘twin crises’ of anthropogenic climate change and global biodiversity loss. Recent reports by the Intergovernmental Panels on Climate Change and Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services have both drawn attention to the potential and actual risks posed by anthropogenic influences to the ecosystems on which the global population depends. Whilst scientific debate now centres around the scale of the role ecosystem-based mitigation will need to play to limit climate change, it is clear that Natural Climate Solutions will have a huge role to play (e.g., Griscom et al. 2017; Bastin et al. 2019; Lewis et al. 2019). This presents an opportunity to couple this with the urgent need to redress the global loss of biodiversity. However, whilst there seems to be great synergy between these, the degree to which these goals align with one another and with other markers of sustainability has not been fully explored. The land area required to redress climate and biodiversity deficits may well preclude other land uses, unless further synergies of these goals with the wider needs of society can be identified. Papers are sought which address the scale and nature of trade-offs between ecosystem-based climate change mitigation, biodiversity, and other provisioning and regulating ecosystem services, to maximise benefits to the global biome and minimise risk of ‘bio-perversities’(Lindenmayer et al. 2012).

Dr. Rob Field
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • ecosystem services
  • natural climate solutions
  • land use
  • nature-based solutions
  • climate change mitigation

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Factors and Paths Affecting Payment for Forest Ecosystem Service: Evidence from Voluntary Forest Carbon Market in South Korea
by Jang-Hwan Jo, Taewoo Roh, Jongmin Hwang, Kyeong-hak Lee and Changbae Lee
Sustainability 2020, 12(17), 7009; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12177009 - 27 Aug 2020
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This study aims to identify factors and paths affecting payment for forest ecosystem service based on evidence from the voluntary forest carbon market in South Korea. The study was built based on the theory of planned behavior and institutional theory. The survey was [...] Read more.
This study aims to identify factors and paths affecting payment for forest ecosystem service based on evidence from the voluntary forest carbon market in South Korea. The study was built based on the theory of planned behavior and institutional theory. The survey was conducted to 24 private forest owners, 21 workers of local governments, 9 of public institutes, and 6 of private companies. Partial least squares structural equation model was applied to verify the hypothetical structural model displaying the effects among the constructs of subjects’ recognition, intention, and behavior in participating in the forest carbon offset project. Results showed that raising awareness of forest carbon offset (FCO) is essential for revitalizing the forest carbon market. In addition, it was found that forest managers’ expectations for FCO were practical operations. Moreover, with the presence of intent to participate in the FCO, the FCO market could be revitalized only by increasing the intention of use in the management aspect and by increasing the commitment of the owner and CEO to this project. The detailed theoretical and managerial implications based on the findings are discussed in the paper. Full article
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Sustainable Territories Adapted to the Climate: Insights from a New University Course Designed and Delivered in Guatemala
by Ronnie Vernooy, Claudia Bouroncle, Victor Sandoval Roque and José Ramiro García
Sustainability 2020, 12(12), 4978; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12124978 - 18 Jun 2020
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Since 2014, the CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security has collaborated with different stakeholders to implement climate change adaptation approaches and practices in critical locations in the Central American Dry Corridor. A new university course for professionals in the [...] Read more.
Since 2014, the CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security has collaborated with different stakeholders to implement climate change adaptation approaches and practices in critical locations in the Central American Dry Corridor. A new university course for professionals in the Dry Corridor aims to scale these approaches and practices. This article presents the core elements of the course, summarizes the main results, and offers recommendations for future editions. It was observed that the different trajectories and experiences of professionals participating in the first edition of the course facilitated a lively exchange of knowledge, the integration of local experiences in teaching, and the integration of learning in follow up proposals of governmental and non-governmental organizations. The following aspects should be central in future course editions: diversity of participants, adaptation of didactic strategies to the needs of different users, and follow-up support, as well as the integration of course concepts and practices in the actions of different organizations. The latter requires strong organizational commitment. Full article
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