Limits to the ability of carbon farming projects to deliver benefits for threatened species

IF 13.9 1区 生物学 Q1 ECOLOGY
Jayden E. Engert, Penny van Oosterzee
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Australia has proposed a legislated market for biodiversity based on an existing carbon credits scheme which generates Australian carbon credit units (ACCU) from land-based projects. This provides a unique opportunity to assess the potential for markets to benefit biodiversity. We assessed the extent to which projects under the ACCU scheme overlap potential threatened species habitat, compared that to overlap afforded by protected areas, and compared the ability of different project types to deliver potential benefits to species most impacted by habitat loss. Projects are primarily located in low-cost, marginal arid lands, a pattern that reflects that of the protected area estate. Projects are smaller and fewer in number in more productive lands close to human populations. These lands also overlap most threatened species habitat, hence those species most in need of habitat restoration are the least likely to have their habitat restored under the ACCU scheme. Projects, however, do overlap the geographic range of 32% of the 1,660 threatened species assessed, including for 275 species with <17% of their range in protected areas. Biodiversity markets must incentivize actions in areas of high biodiversity value underpinned by regulations that align with national priorities for biodiversity conservation.

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碳耕作项目为受威胁物种带来效益的能力限制
澳大利亚提议在现有碳信用额计划的基础上建立一个生物多样性立法市场,该计划从陆地项目中产生澳大利亚碳信用额单位 (ACCU)。这为评估市场造福生物多样性的潜力提供了一个独特的机会。我们评估了 ACCU 计划下的项目与潜在受威胁物种栖息地的重叠程度,并与保护区提供的重叠程度进行了比较,还比较了不同项目类型为受栖息地丧失影响最大的物种带来潜在利益的能力。项目主要位于低成本的边缘干旱地区,这与保护区的情况如出一辙。在靠近人类居住区的高产土地上,项目规模较小,数量较少。这些土地也与大多数濒危物种的栖息地重叠,因此,最需要恢复栖息地的物种最不可能在 ACCU 计划下恢复其栖息地。不过,在评估的 1660 个受威胁物种中,有 32% 的物种的栖息地与项目重叠,其中有 275 个物种 17% 的栖息地位于保护区内。生物多样性市场必须鼓励在生物多样性价值高的地区开展行动,并制定符合国家生物多样性保护优先事项的法规。
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Nature ecology & evolution
Nature ecology & evolution Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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22.20
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期刊介绍: Nature Ecology & Evolution is interested in the full spectrum of ecological and evolutionary biology, encompassing approaches at the molecular, organismal, population, community and ecosystem levels, as well as relevant parts of the social sciences. Nature Ecology & Evolution provides a place where all researchers and policymakers interested in all aspects of life's diversity can come together to learn about the most accomplished and significant advances in the field and to discuss topical issues. An online-only monthly journal, our broad scope ensures that the research published reaches the widest possible audience of scientists.
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