ERW: The UNs programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) has seen considerable attention paid to deforestation but the second D is poorly understood and accounted, according to a team from Winrock International, US.
Forest degradation
With that in mind, the researchers have come up with a simple method for emissions accounting of selective timber harvesting, based on the volume of wood extracted.
"Timber harvesting in tropical forests is often confused...