A new atlas reveals where conservation money is best spent. It shows which forests store large amounts of carbon and which are home to a great diversity of animals and plants – and which do both jobs.
The UN Environment Programme released the maps at the UN climate summit in Poznan, Poland, last week. In this financial climate, “every dollar, euro or rupee needs to deliver double, even triple dividends”, says Achim Steiner, UNEP’s executive director.
“By pinpointing where high densities of carbon overlap with high levels of biodiversity, the atlas spotlights where governments and investors can deal with two crises for the price of one.”…
