#8193. Valuing the economic impacts of seed dispersal loss on voluntary carbon markets

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Geography, Planning and Development;
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous);
Nature and Landscape Conservation;
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law;
Ecology;
Global and Planetary Change;
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Abstract:
Seed dispersal is an ecosystem service strongly affected by the loss of mutualist dispersers, with economic consequences in terms of carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation policies. Especially, large frugivores are important contributors to carbon sequestration because they are the main disperser of large-seeded trees, which store a high amount of carbon. The effect of seed dispersers defaunation on carbon sequestration is particularly significant in tropical forests, where frugivores disperse 70–94% of the woody plant species and where ?59% of the worlds forest carbon above ground is stored. However, the economic impacts of the defaunation of large frugivores on ecosystem services, such as seed dispersal and carbon sequestration, are poorly valued. Here, we simulate the effects of the loss of three large frugivores (Brachyteles arachnoides, Alouatta guariba, and Pipile jacutinga) on the recruitment of hardwood tree species and its economic impact on carbon markets.
Keywords:
Carbon sequestration; Carbon voluntary market; Economic valuation; Ecosystem service; Frugivore; Seed dispersal; Tropical forest

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