Property rights and liability for deforestation under REDD+: Implications for 'permanence' in policy design

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 571-576

  Palmer, Charles ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Liability; Permanence; Policy design; Property rights; Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FUTURE PROSPECT; LIABILITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79451472163     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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