How attractive are forest carbon sinks? Economic insights into supply and demand of Certified Emission Reductions

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-94

  Olschewski, Roland ^a   Benítez, Pablo C ^a   de Koning, G H J ^a   Schlichter, Tomás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AR projects; CER accounting; Clean Development Mechanism; Climate change; Desertification

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; LAND USE; REDUCTION; REFORESTATION;

CER ACCOUNTING; CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS (CER); CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DESERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC INSIGHTS; EMISSION ABATEMENT; FOREST CARBON SINKS;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; EMISSION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEMAND; E I S; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PLANTATIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDUCTION; REFORESTATION; SUPPLY;

EID: 23744486650     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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