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Biodiversity enhances carbon storage of tropical forests

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2015-12-02

Tropical forests store 25% of the global carbon and harbour 96% of the world's tree species. But it was not clear whether this high biodiversity really matters for high carbon storage. Now, researchers of the ROBIN project have found out. This is especially important giving the United Nations climate negotiations in Paris, where countries need to agree on a mechanism to preserve the carbon locked up in forest biomass, while at the same conserving biodiversity as an additional benefit.

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http://phys.org/news/2015-12-biodiversity-carbon-storage-tropical-forests.html