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@article{citeulike:4810589, abstract = {One reason for the rapid loss of species-rich tropical forests is the high opportunity costs of forest protection. In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the expansion of high-revenue oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations currently threatens 3.3 million ha of forest. We estimate that payments for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) could offset the costs of stopping this deforestation at carbon prices of US\$10201333 per tonne of CO2, or \$2201316 per tonne if forest conservation targets only cost-efficient areas. Forty globally threatened mammals are found within these planned plantations, including the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and Borneo pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis). Cost-efficient areas for emissions reductions also contain higher-than-average numbers of threatened mammals, indicating that there may be synergies between mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity. While many policy and implementation issues need clarification, our economic assessment suggests that REDD could offer a financially realistic lifeline for Kalimantan's threatened mammals if it is included in future climate agreements.}, address = {The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; The Nature Conservancy, Tropical Forest Initiative and Orangutan Conservation Services Program, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, 76100, Indonesia; Center for International Forestry Research, Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor 16680, Indonesia.; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, P.O. Box, 44, Kabale, Uganda; Great Ape Trust of Iowa, 4200 SE 44th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50320, USA}, author = {Venter, Oscar and Meijaard, Erik and Possingham, Hugh and Dennis, Rona and Sheil, Douglas and Wich, Serge and Hovani, Lex and Wilson, Kerrie}, citeulike-article-id = {4810589}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00059.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122371345/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00059.x}, journal = {Conservation Letters}, keywords = {deforestation, mammals, oil\_palm, south-east\_asia}, number = {3}, pages = {123--129}, posted-at = {2009-06-11 11:42:23}, priority = {2}, title = {Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00059.x}, volume = {2}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4810589 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4810589 N2 - One reason for the rapid loss of species-rich tropical forests is the high opportunity costs of forest protection. In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the expansion of high-revenue oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations currently threatens 3.3 million ha of forest. We estimate that payments for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) could offset the costs of stopping this deforestation at carbon prices of US$10201333 per tonne of CO2, or $2201316 per tonne if forest conservation targets only cost-efficient areas. Forty globally threatened mammals are found within these planned plantations, including the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and Borneo pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis). Cost-efficient areas for emissions reductions also contain higher-than-average numbers of threatened mammals, indicating that there may be synergies between mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity. While many policy and implementation issues need clarification, our economic assessment suggests that REDD could offer a financially realistic lifeline for Kalimantan's threatened mammals if it is included in future climate agreements. IS - 3 JF - Conservation Letters AD - The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; The Nature Conservancy, Tropical Forest Initiative and Orangutan Conservation Services Program, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, 76100, Indonesia; Center for International Forestry Research, Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor 16680, Indonesia.; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, P.O. Box, 44, Kabale, Uganda; Great Ape Trust of Iowa, 4200 SE 44th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50320, USA EP - 129 TI - Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals VL - 2 SP - 123 KW - deforestation KW - mammals KW - oil_palm KW - south-east_asia AU - Venter, Oscar AU - Meijaard, Erik AU - Possingham, Hugh AU - Dennis, Rona AU - Sheil, Douglas AU - Wich, Serge AU - Hovani, Lex AU - Wilson, Kerrie PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00059.x ER -