Avoided deforestation can be characterized as the use of financial incentives to reduce rates of deforestation and forest degradation, with much of the focus on forests in tropical countries. While avoided deforestation, as a policy issue, is not new, the current debate in academic and policy circles on including it in future climate change mitigation strategies such as the Clean Development Mechanism is gathering pace - and this debate is only likely to intensify as negotiations continue over what should be included in the successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, which is set to expire in 2012. Up until now, however, the debate in terms of the scientific and economic implications of avoided deforestation has not been brought together. This book aims to bring together important research findings in the area along with their policy implications, whilst linking avoided deforestation to political economy as well as to the latest developments in environmental and natural resource economics.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415619806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117469529
Product Key Features
Author
Stefanie Engel, Charles Palmer
Publication Name
Avoided Deforestation: Prospects for Mitigating Climate Change
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geology, Government
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
258 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
408g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Stefanie Engel, Charles Palmer
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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