Are indigenous territories effective natural climate solutions? A neotropical analysis using matching methods and geographic discontinuity designs.

ABSTRACT: Indigenous Territories (ITs) with less centralized forest governance than Protected Areas (PAs) may represent cost-effective natural climate solutions to meet the Paris agreement. However, the literature has been limited to examining the effect of ITs on deforestation, despite the influence of anthropogenic degradation. Thus, little is known about the temporal and spatial effect of allocating ITs on carbon stocks dynamics that account for losses from deforestation and degradation. Using Amazon Basin countries and Panama, this study aims to estimate the temporal and spatial effects of ITs and PAs on carbon stocks. To estimate the temporal effects, we use annual carbon density maps, matching analysis, and linear mixed models. Furthermore, we explore the spatial heterogeneity of these estimat

SUBMITTER: Alejo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8274867 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature