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Nature sustainability

Volume 3 Issue 9, September 2020

Volume 3 Issue 9

Forest subsidies in Chile

Given the benefits of forests, there are growing efforts to restore lost ones. This study finds that between 1986 and 2011, Chile’s forest subsidies encouraged expansion of plantations with exotic trees at the expense of native forest, likely reducing biodiversity and not increasing aboveground carbon storage.

See Heilmayr et al.

Image: Robert Heilmayr, University of California, Santa Barbara. Cover design: Valentina Monaco

Editorial

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Comment & Opinion

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Reviews

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    Culture influences low-carbon energy transitions and as a result should be considered in the design of relevant policies. Focusing on a selection of low-carbon technologies and behavioural practices, this Review highlights the role of culture with respect to different dimensions of sustainability.

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Research

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    • Songbai Hong
    • Guodong Yin
    •  & Anping Chen

    Article | 22 June 2020

    After forest loss, public subsidies often encourage reforestation with tree plantations. This modelling study finds that between 1986 and 2011, Chile’s forest subsidies probably reduced biodiversity without increasing carbon stored in aboveground plant material.

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    • Xiaoyuan Li
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    Article | 18 May 2020

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    Analysis | 01 June 2020

    The renewable polyethylene furandicarboxylate (PEF) has potential to replace the fossil-based polyethylene terephthalate, but the energy-intensive production hinders wider adoption. This study shows that PEF from industrial CO2 emissions and non-food biomass can save 40.5% emissions and energy use.

    • L. Jiang
    • A. Gonzalez-Diaz
    •  & A. J. Smallbone

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