Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and climate change mitigation policy

Mackey, Brendan; Prentice , I. Colin; Steffen, Will; House, Joanna I.; Keith, Heather; Berry, Sandra Lee; Lindenmayer, David B

Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and climate change mitigation policy

Date

2013

Authors

Mackey, Brendan

Prentice , I. Colin

Steffen, Will

House, Joanna I.

Keith, Heather

Berry, Sandra Lee

Lindenmayer, David B

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Abstract

Depletion of ecosystem carbon stocks is a significant source of atmospheric CO 2 and reducing land-based emissions and maintaining land carbon stocks contributes to climate change mitigation. We summarize current understanding about human perturbation of