Could payments for forest carbon contribute to improved tropical forest management?

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-167

  Smith, Joyotee ^a,b   Applegate, Grahame ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Ayara Baan Thai Cherng Lay   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clean Development Mechanism; Forest carbon; Forest management; Kyoto Protocol; Reduced impact logging; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CUTTING CYCLES; FOREST ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HARVESTING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PUBLIC POLICY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 1642344779     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9341(02)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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