CATIE, Turrialba, Cartago 7170, Costa Rica.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2024 Jun 10;379(1903):20220320. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0320. Epub 2024 Apr 22.
The paper focuses on the failure to account for the value of standing tropical forests, and of ecosystem services in general, in economic decision-making. This blindness to the values of nature has led to overexploitation, degradation and destruction of tropical forests, which, in turn, has also significantly contributed to greenhouse gas emissions. Forest conservation and restoration has a critical role to play in the fight against climate change and brings a vast array of additional benefits, from security in water, energy, food, health and livelihoods to maintaining biodiversity itself as a core component of our living planet. As first Minister of Environment and Energy under President Oscar Arias (1986-1990), I brought these views into societal decision-making in Costa Rica and here I briefly describe how. This article is part of the theme issue 'Bringing nature into decision-making'.
本文聚焦于在经济决策中未能考虑到热带森林的价值，以及未能考虑到生态系统服务的普遍价值。这种对自然价值的漠视导致了热带森林的过度开发、退化和破坏，而这反过来又极大地促成了温室气体排放。森林保护和恢复在应对气候变化方面发挥着至关重要的作用，并带来了大量其他的好处，从水、能源、粮食、健康和生计安全到维持生物多样性本身，生物多样性本身就是我们这个活行星的核心组成部分。作为奥斯卡·阿里亚斯总统（1986-1990 年）领导下的首任环境和能源部长，我将这些观点引入哥斯达黎加的社会决策中，在这里我简要描述一下具体情况。本文是“将自然纳入决策”主题特刊的一部分。
