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Avoided deforestation

Forest management that prevents the conversion of existing forest to other land uses, retaining its carbon stock and ecological function.

Definition source: FAO; UN-REDD

Synonyms

zero deforestation

Broader

Forest management

Narrower

none

Relations

reduces-emissions Carbon dioxide
applies-to Forest
produces Avoided land-use-change emissions

Counts as adaptation

Not an adaptation term.

Mitigation

Mitigation-specific

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_246 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_246
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_246)