S1E71: Asean’s forests with benefits: Green Pulse Ep 71

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing
environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.


Conserving a forest instead of cutting it down for other uses is
becoming increasingly attractive to land developers, as more
companies and countries eye such projects as sources of carbon
credits to offset their emissions. 


But a new study by researchers at the National University of
Singapore (NUS) has found that protecting forests in South-east
Asia can yield many more benefits, other than just the profits
from the sale of carbon credits. Communities around a healthy
forest with a wide diversity of wild pollinators, for example,
can benefit from higher agricultural yields.


In this episode, The Straits Times environment correspondent
Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss the
co-benefits of such projects with Dr Tasya Vadya Sarira, a
postdoctoral researcher at the NUS Centre for Nature-based
Climate Solutions. 


Highlights (click/tap above):


01:38 What are the benefits of forests other than taking in
planet-warming carbon dioxide?


02:50 Are these benefits unique to forest conservation projects?


03:46 A recent study mapped out where in South-east Asia, forests
with benefits are located. What sparked it? Where are these
forests?


06:53 How are co-benefits reflected in the carbon price
currently?


08:58 Why is it important to recognise co-benefits?


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Teo Tong Kai


Edited by: Teo Tong Kai


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