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I. Legal Principles of Forest Carbon Forests, Carbon Markets, and Avoided Deforestation: Legal Implications

Charlotte Streck

DOI https://doi.org/10.21552/CCLR/2008/3/57



ests play an essential role in climate change mitigation. Forests store about 45% of the terrestrial carbon and have the potential to sequester large amounts of additional carbon. Carbon uptake by forests contributed to a “residual” 2.6 PgC year1/1 terrestrial carbon sink in the 1990s, amounting to approximately 33% of anthropogenic carbon emission from fossil fuel and land-use change.2 Landuse related activities, which include forestry, but also agriculture and land management, can contribute to the mitigation of climate change in various

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