eprintid: 10116490
rev_number: 18
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datestamp: 2020-12-07 14:50:44
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creators_name: Dickson, R
creators_name: Baker, M
creators_name: Bonnin, N
creators_name: Shoch, D
creators_name: Rifkin, B
creators_name: Stewart, FA
creators_name: Piel, AK
title: Combining deforestation and species distribution models to improve measures of chimpanzee conservation impacts of redd: A case study from ntakata mountains, western tanzania
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F22
keywords: East Africa; great ape; co-benefits; conservation; carbon project
note: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
abstract: Projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) are designed to reduce carbon emissions through avoided deforestation and degradation, and in many cases, to produce additional community and biodiversity conservation co-benefits. While these co-benefits can be significant, quantifying conservation impacts has been challenging, and most projects use simple species presence to demonstrate positive biodiversity impact. Some of the same tools applied in the quantification of climate mitigation benefits have relevance and potential application to estimating co-benefits for biodiversity conservation. In western Tanzania, most chimpanzees live outside of national park boundaries, and thus face threats from human activity, including competition for suitable habitat. Through a case study of the Ntakata Mountains REDD project in western Tanzania, we demonstrate a combined application of deforestation modelling with species distribution models to assess forest conservation benefits in terms of avoided carbon emissions and improved chimpanzee habitat. The application of such tools is a novel approach that we argue permits the better design of future REDD projects for biodiversity co-benefits. This approach also enables project developers to produce the more manageable, accurate and cost-effective monitoring, reporting and verification of project impacts that are critical to verification under carbon standards.
date: 2020-11-01
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11111195
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1832944
doi: 10.3390/f11111195
lyricists_name: Piel, Alexander
lyricists_id: AKPIE75
actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie
actors_id: MDDEW97
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Forests
volume: 11
number: 11
article_number: 1195
citation:        Dickson, R;    Baker, M;    Bonnin, N;    Shoch, D;    Rifkin, B;    Stewart, FA;    Piel, AK;      (2020)    Combining deforestation and species distribution models to improve measures of chimpanzee conservation impacts of redd: A case study from ntakata mountains, western tanzania.                   Forests , 11  (11)    , Article 1195.  10.3390/f11111195 <https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111195>.       Green open access   
 
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