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SUMMARY:Biodiversity conservation within a REDD+ framework: case of victor
 ia-anepahan ranges in Palawan Islands\, Philippines  - Minerva (Jojo) Sing
 h\, 3rd yr grad
DTSTART:20150514T120000Z
DTEND:20150514T123000Z
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CONTACT:Megan Cooper
DESCRIPTION:Over the past few decades\, tropical forests\, especially thos
 e located in Asia have faced high rates of deforestation. These forests ar
 e important sinks for above ground biomass (AGB) storage and reservoirs of
  biodiversity. Their continuing loss could potentially lead to exacerbated
  carbon emissions and large scale extinctions. Reducing Emissions from Def
 orestation and Degradation (REDD+) is a payment scheme which seeks to mone
 tize carbon stocks retained within tropical forests\, thereby encouraging 
 countries not to log their remaining forests. REDD+ schemes exclusively fo
 cus on monetizing carbon retention and it is being biodiversity conservati
 on\, maintenance of ecosystem services should also form an integral part o
 f this framework. Our study is the first of its biodiversity value at regi
 onal scale in Palawan\, Philippines to examine the spatial variation in th
 ese variables. We mined existing publicly available data repositories such
  as Google earth and databases of IUCN and BirdLife. These were used for d
 eveloping an AGB storage and a biodiversity map of the study area. It was 
 discovered that moderate amount of spatial congruence exists between areas
  of high AGB storage and species richness. Our findings are in sync with g
 lobal scale meta-analysis which indicate that while areas of high AGB and 
 high biodiversity can overlap\, there may be situations wherein they don
 ’t overlap. It is expected that our bottom-up landscape scale mapping en
 deavours will allow policy makers to actually visualize the variation of t
 hese parameters in a given landscape and facilitate conservation prioritis
 ation. 
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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