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 CommentaryTargeting deforestation rates in climate change policy: a "Preservation Pathway" approachKevin R Gurney1  and Leigh Raymond2  1Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences/Agronomy, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA 2Department of Political Science, 100 North University Street, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA  author email corresponding author email
Carbon Balance and Management 2008,
3:2doi:10.1186/1750-0680-3-2 Abstract
We present a new methodological approach to incorporating deforestation within the international climate change negotiating regime. The approach, called "Preservation Pathway" combines the desire for forest preservation with the need to reduce emissions associated with forest loss by focusing on the relative rate of change of forest cover as the criteria by which countries gain access to trading preserved forest carbon stocks. This approach avoids the technically challenging task of quantifying historical or future deforestation emission baselines. Rather, it places emphasis on improving quantification of contemporary stocks and the relative decline in deforestation rates necessary to preserve those stocks. This approach places emphasis on the complete emissions trajectory necessary to attain an agreed-upon preserved forest and as such, meets both forest conservation and climate goals simultaneously. | 
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