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Land Use Change, Carbon, and Markets

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Dear Colleagues,
Since the birth of the Kyoto Protocol, various forms of incentives and mechanisms have been proposed that promote a greater capture of atmospheric carbon by forest systems through changes in land use, avoiding deforestation, or modifications in their current management (e.g., improved forest management). The idea that man can modify land use, or the management carried out in forest areas, to favour a net carbon capture is energetically topical, based on the objectives regarding emission reductions that countries must be met in the coming years. For this reason, the central theme of this Topic is to compile papers that focus on land use change processes and their management, which lead to an increase in carbon sequestration and whose consequences can be integrated into established markets (carbon markets voluntary or regulated), or in other systems such as money transfers from one country to another (e.g., REDD+ programs). It is intended to address this challenge through a transversal and multidisciplinary perspective and to collect case studies from different areas of the world. This perspective aims to stimulate the reception of manuscripts that do not focus only on aspects of carbon measurement but on the consequences derived from these policies in different prisms: the effect on other ecosystem services, changes in the behaviour of the owners of these lands, macroeconomic implications, etc.
Prof. Dr. Luis Diaz-Balteiro
Dr. César Pérez-Cruzado
Prof. Dr. Manuel Marey-Pérez
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Keywords
- land use and land use change
- carbon farming
- afforestation/reforestation
- improved forest management
- carbon markets
- REDD+
- ecosystem services and sustainability
- climate change mitigation
- territorial spatial planning
- sustainable land use and planning
- economic incentives
- forest carbon stocks
- land carbon projects
- carbon storage in wood products
- certification of carbon removals
Participating Journals
Journal Name | Impact Factor | CiteScore | Launched Year | First Decision (median) | APC |
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Economies
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2.1 | 4.0 | 2013 | 21.9 Days | CHF 1800 |
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Environments
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3.5 | 5.7 | 2014 | 22.8 Days | CHF 1800 |
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Forests
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2.4 | 4.4 | 2010 | 16.2 Days | CHF 2600 |
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Land
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3.2 | 4.9 | 2012 | 16.9 Days | CHF 2600 |
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Remote Sensing
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4.2 | 8.3 | 2009 | 23.9 Days | CHF 2700 |
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Sustainability
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3.3 | 6.8 | 2009 | 19.7 Days | CHF 2400 |
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