Climate change mitigation: Should "avoided deforestation" be rewarded?

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 28, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 434-455

  Romain, Pirard ^a   Alain, Karsenty ^b  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Additionality; Avoided deforestation; Climate change; Economic incentives; REDD; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONALITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ECONOMIC INCENTIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; FINANCIAL REWARDS; HOT AIR; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NATIONAL LEVEL; SIDE EFFECT; TROPICAL COUNTRIES; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; INCENTIVE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PLANNING;

EID: 70649106912     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549810902794485     Document Type: Article

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