Grissom B.W., et al., 2017. Natural climate solutions. PNAS October 31, 2017 114 (44) 11645-11650.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710465114 Summary: Reversing the degradation of natural forests can accomplish more than one third of the total climate change mitigation required by 2030. Existing forests will store more carbon only if logged less frequently and less intensely. Planting trees offers the biggest and cheapest way to slow the climate crisis. We must act quickly. It … Read more

Houghton, R.A., Nassikas, A.A., 2017. Negative emissions from stopping deforestation and forest degradation, globally. Global Change Biology 24(1)

Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13876 Summary: Avoiding further loss and degradation of primary forests and intact forest landscapes, and allowing degraded forests to naturally regrow, would reduce global carbon emissions annually by about one gigatonne or 1 Gt, and reduce another two to four Gt of carbon emissions through just allowing natural regrowth. If greater negative emissions are … Read more

Moomaw WR, Masino SA and Faison EK (2019). Intact forests in the United States: Proforestation mitigates climate change and serves the greatest good. Front. For. Glob. Change 2:27

Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00027/full Summary: Letting forests grow towards their natural capacity to store carbon is one of the most cost effective climate solutions that also generates a wide array of co-benefits in the form of valuable ecosystem services. Key excerpts: “Proforestation is a climate smart strategy that involves letting existing forests grow to their ecological potential in … Read more

Proposed Forest Service NEPA rules will increase the pace and scale of projects that drive climate change.

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On August 12th, 2019, the Forest Carbon Coalition submitted technical comments on the US Forest Service’s proposed revisions to its environmental analysis procedures used to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). As set forth in our 26-page letter, signed by 15 FCC member organizations, the proposed NEPA rules will hasten the pace and … Read more

Proposed Forest Service NEPA rules will increase the pace and scale of climate damages

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