A review of planting principles to identify the right place for the right tree for ‘net zero plus’ woodlands: Applying a place‐based natural capital framework for sustainable, efficient and equitable ( SEE ) decisions

作者：Ian J. Bateman, Karen Anderson, Arthur Argles, Claire M. Belcher, Richard Betts, Amy Binner, Richard E. Brazier, Frankie H. T. Cho, Rebecca Collins, Brett Day, Maria Carolina Duran Rojas, Sabrina Eisenbarth, Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Naomi Gatis, Ben Groom, Rosie Hails, Anna Harper, Amii R. Harwood, Astley Hastings, Matthew S. Heard, Timothy C. Hill, Alex Inman, Christopher F. Lee, David J. Luscombe, A. R. MacKenzie, Mattia Mancini, James Morison, A. K. R. Morris, Chris Quine, P. Snowdon, Charles R. Tyler, Elena Vanguelova, Matthew Wilkinson, Daniel Williamson, Georgios Xenakis · 发表于：People and Nature · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1002/pan3.10331 · 被引用次数：38 · 研究领域：Land Use and Ecosystem Services、Forest Management and Policy、Economic and Environmental Valuation

Abstract We outline the principles of the natural capital approach to decision making and apply these to the contemporary challenge of very significantly expanding woodlands as contribution to attaining net zero emissions of greenhouse gases. Drawing on the case of the UK, we argue that a single focus upon carbon storage alone is likely to overlook the other ‘net zero plus’ benefits which woodlands can deliver. A review of the literature considers the wide variety of potential benefits which woodlands can provide, together with costs such as foregone alternative land uses. We argue that decision making must consider all of these potential benefits and costs for the right locations to be planted with the right trees. The paper closes by reviewing the decision support systems necessary to incorporate this information into policy and decision making. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.