Potential Synergies Between Existing Multilateral Environmental Agreements in the Implementation of Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry Activities

There is potential for synergy between the global environmental conventions on climate
change, biodiversity and desertification: changes in land management and land use undertaken
to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions can simultaneously deliver positive outcomes
for conservation of biodiversity, and mitigation of desertification and land
degradation. However, while there can be complementarities between the three environmental
goals, there are often tradeoffs. Thus, the challenge lies in developing land use
policies that promote optimal environmental outcomes, and in implementing these locally
to promote sustainable development. The paper considers synergies and tradeoffs in
implementing land use measures to address the objectives of the three global environmental
conventions, both froman environmental and economic perspective. The intention
is to provide environmental scientists and policy makers with a broad overview of these
considerations, and the benefits of addressing the conventions simultaneously.

MONTANARELLA Luca; COWIE Annette; SCHNEIDER Uwe A.

Montanarella L, Cowie A, Schneider U. Potential Synergies Between Existing Multilateral Environmental Agreements in the Implementation of Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry Activities. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE and POLICY 10; 2007. p. 335-352. JRC37687

2007-07-04

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