Noel Kempff Mercado National Park Climate Action Project

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dc.contributorGovernment of Boliviaen
dc.contributorFriends of Nature Foundationen
dc.contributorAmerican Electric Poweren
dc.contributorBP Amocoen
dc.contributorPacifiCorpen
dc.contributor.authorThe Nature Conservancyen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBoliviaen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Americaen
dc.coverage.temporal1997 - 2027en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:58Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:58Zen
dc.date.issued2007-07-26en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractAt the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, a unique partnership was forged between the Government of Bolivia, Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) (a non-profit conservation organization headquartered in Santa Cruz, Bolivia), The Nature Conservancy (the world's largest conservation organization headquartered in Arlington, VA), American Electric Power, (an electric utility company headquartered in Columbus, OH), BP Amoco (a major petroleum company headquartered in London) and PacifiCorp (an electric utility company headquartered in Portland, OR) in 1997 to protect nearly four million acres of threatened tropical forests in the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia for at least 30 years. The primary purpose of the project is to sequester (capture) carbon dioxide and store carbon that would have been released as a result of logging activities in the area. At the same time, the project preserves one of the richest and most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world and fosters sustainable development in local communities. It is the largest project of its kind in the world and serves as a showcase for an innovative and cost-effective approach to abating greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions are increasing rapidly and accumulating in the atmosphere and may trigger adverse global climatic changes.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2508en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67010en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/work/art4253.htmlen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.noelkempff.com/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectNational parksen
dc.subjectWildlifeen
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectEcotourismen
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectBioreservesen
dc.subjectParksen
dc.subjectTourismen
dc.subjectSavannahen
dc.subjectRainforesten
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectAmazonian rain foresten
dc.subjectGallery foresten
dc.subjectSemi-deciduous tropical foresten
dc.subjectFlooded savannaen
dc.subjectDry cerradoen
dc.subjectEndangered wildlifeen
dc.subjectEcotourism activitiesen
dc.subjectLoggingen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleNoel Kempff Mercado National Park Climate Action Projecten
dc.typeAbstracten
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