TROPICAL FORESTS AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT: A MANAGEMENT RESPONSE. Reproduced, with permission, from: Myers, N., and T. J. Goreau. 1991. Tropical forests and the greenhouse effect: A management response. Climatic Change 19: 215-26. Upper Meadow, old Road, Headington, Oxford OX38SZ, U.K. and Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, University of the West Indies, Discovery Bay, Jamaica Abstract. Introduction Amid the debates on the greenhouse effect, one potential management response is occasionally mentioned but rarely examined in substantive detail. The merits of this approach are persuasive, in principle at least: it would serve to sequester substantial amounts of carbon from the global atmosphere. A number of key questions arise. The conceptual framework for these considerations is illuminating.
For instance, the Netherlands government already spends more than $8 billion (6% of GNP) each year on maintaining a complex set of dykes, seawalls and other structures to protect the nation against the sea. Amounts of Carbon in Question Two points arise. Introduction to REDD. Amazonia Project -- Satellite imagery and REDD contributing to sustainable forest management. Does carbon trading really work? REDD - As Part of the Solution.