Beyond Planting Trees: Taking Advantage of Satellite Observations to Improve Forest Carbon Management and Wildfire Prevention

Ju hyoung, Lee, Amir AghaKouchak, Johannes Kieft, Mir Matin and Kaveh Madani (2025). Beyond Planting Trees: Taking Advantage of Satellite Observations to Improve Forest Carbon Management and Wildfire Prevention. UNU Institute for Water Environment and Health.

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    Author Ju hyoung, Lee
    Amir AghaKouchak
    Johannes Kieft
    Mir Matin
    Kaveh Madani
    Title Beyond Planting Trees: Taking Advantage of Satellite Observations to Improve Forest Carbon Management and Wildfire Prevention
    Publication Date 2025-05-06
    Place of Publication Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
    Publisher UNU Institute for Water Environment and Health
    Pages 5
    Language eng
    Abstract In many parts of the world, forests and peatlands, previously considered to be the largest terrestrial carbon storehouses, are transitioning into super carbon emitters under warming conditions, due to large and frequent wildfires. Carbon mitigation actions and policies— including carbon pricing, credit verification, and Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) projects under the forestry and land-use category, as well as the Paris Agreement— fail to properly account for wildfire-related carbon emissions. Natural carbon sequestration in dry soils through forestation policies might be ineffective in warming environments with more frequent wildfires. Under certain conditions and mostly in arid and warming environments where the efficiency of photosynthesis is reduced, controlled harvesting and grazing could be actively considered as a strategy for maintaining soil and vegetation moisture and preventing increased carbon emissions. A global platform of near-real-time satellite observations of forest conditions is needed to ensure transparency and accountability of VCMs in accordance with the changing conditions of forests under global warming.
    Keyword Firest Fire
    Carbon sequestration
    Remote Sensing
    Copyright Holder UNU- INWEH
    Copyright Year 2025
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    ISBN 9789280861228
    DOI https://doi.org/10.53328/INR25JHL002
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