Complementary Perspectives and Metrics Are Essential to End Deforestation
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| Title: | Complementary Perspectives and Metrics Are Essential to End Deforestation |
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| Authors: | Lathuillière, Michael J., Gardner, T. A., Persson, Martin, 1976, Ribeiro, Vivian, Heilmayr, Robert, Pendrill, Florence, 1983, Meyfroidt, P. |
| Source: | En evidensbas för rättvisa och effektiva åtgärder för avskogningsfria tropiska landskap, i och bortom internationella tillförselförselkedjor för jordbruksvaror Conservation Letters. 18(5) |
| Subject Terms: | geography, land use change, territory, trade, policy, metrics, supply chains |
| Description: | Recent public and private policies seek to end deforestation by regulating the production and trade of forest-risk commodities. The design, implementation, and evaluation of these policies rely on metrics that are typically bounded in scope by either territories or supply chains, and therefore only provide a partial account of deforestation on the ground. We argue that metrics linking deforestation and forest degradation to commodity production need to consider two distinct questions: (1) How much of today's commodity production is associated with past deforestation? and (2) to what extent is today's deforestation driven by the prospects of producing a specific commodity in the future? This paper describes how metrics can respond to these questions by being classified according to their commodity or deforestation focus. We propose common terminology to facilitate the communication and use of these perspectives and metrics. We then make the case for combining perspectives through the monitoring and reporting of multiple metrics by governments, companies, and non-governmental organizations alike to both assess progress and drive more coordinated action to reduce deforestation. |
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| Access URL: | https://research.chalmers.se/publication/548542 https://research.chalmers.se/publication/548542/file/548542_Fulltext.pdf |
| Database: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Recent public and private policies seek to end deforestation by regulating the production and trade of forest-risk commodities. The design, implementation, and evaluation of these policies rely on metrics that are typically bounded in scope by either territories or supply chains, and therefore only provide a partial account of deforestation on the ground. We argue that metrics linking deforestation and forest degradation to commodity production need to consider two distinct questions: (1) How much of today's commodity production is associated with past deforestation? and (2) to what extent is today's deforestation driven by the prospects of producing a specific commodity in the future? This paper describes how metrics can respond to these questions by being classified according to their commodity or deforestation focus. We propose common terminology to facilitate the communication and use of these perspectives and metrics. We then make the case for combining perspectives through the monitoring and reporting of multiple metrics by governments, companies, and non-governmental organizations alike to both assess progress and drive more coordinated action to reduce deforestation. |
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| ISSN: | 1755263x |
| DOI: | 10.1111/conl.13145 |