Telecoupling cannot be ignored for the forest-based carbon market
Telecoupling interactions between social-ecological systems across large, often global distances drive negative impacts from the forest-based carbon market. However, these negative impacts have been underreported and, therefore, have likely been vastly underestimated. We identify how these unintended negative impacts may occur and provide recommendations for the forest-based carbon market to better account for externalities by prioritizing positive social impact, expanding comprehensive ecological outcomes, and improving the transparency of investments. We call for a carbon market that is designed to account for its global interconnectedness.
Authors
- Anna Phelan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-9912)
- Frankie Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1369-4980)
- Jonathan R. Rhodes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-7412)
- Sofía López‐Cubillos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9899-9099)
- Yangjian Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9282-0019)
- Brooke Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-7507)
- Yanxu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3571-1932)
- Jean Paul Metzger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0087-5240)
- Justin A. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-1787)
- Lily K. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0365-6385)
- Bojie Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-9802)
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BioScience
- Published
- 2024-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae102
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Forest Management and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.28
Funders
- University of Melbourne
- Australian Research Council