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Reducing Emissions from Deforestationand Forest Degradation (REDD/ REDD+)-Potential for Pakistan
IUCN, INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
Saadullah Ayaz
Climate Change Coordinator IUCN-Pakistan
Email:saad.ayaz@iucn.org
 
Forests and Climate Change
IUCN, INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
 
Forests and Climate Change
Forests represent the most significant terrestrial carbon stockThey contain:
 –77% of all carbon stored in vegetation –39% of all carbon stored in soils
(Eliasch Review )
IUCN, INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
Forests sequester and store more carbon (per hectare) than anyother type of land cover Accounted for 17.4% of global GHG emission in 2004,Equivalent to 49 GtCO
2
eqv./ yr.
(IPCC-FAR, 2007)
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