Valuation of carbon services produced by wild animals finances conservation
F. Berzaghi, R. Chami, T. Cosimano, C. Fullenkamp
The paper values carbon services provided by African forest elephants using a spatial demographic model, finding they are worth $35.9 billion and store 377 MtC, with poaching causing $10-14 billion in losses.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2021Ecology