An empirically-derived mechanism of combined incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation

Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-42

  Strassburg, Bernado ^a   Turner, Kerry ^a   Fisher, Brendan ^a   Schaeffer, Roberto ^b   Lovett, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INCENTIVE; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

EID: 59349108705     PISSN: 09678875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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