We have a piece just published in @nature on the potential of #naturebasedsolutions to contribute to limiting global peak temperatures and long-term cooling -if implemented soon but designed for longevity and not a substitute for emissions reductions nature.com/articles/d4158…
Our new paper in @GlobalChangeBio lifts the lid on what goes on in the below-ground carbon cycle in intact and logged tropical forests in Borneo. Intact forest soils are in equilibrium but logged forest soils continue releasing large amounts of carbon many decades after logging
This means that when considering the carbon balance of forests recovering from logging we must do more than just consider tree biomass alone. The soils contain an abundance of organic debris that keeps being respired for decades after the logging.
These insights came from many years of meticulous work by @terhiriutta and her fantastic and hard-working Malaysian field teams as part of the @SAFE_Project, with great logistical support by @SEARRP