How well do tree plantations comply with the twin targets of the Clean Development Mechanism? - The case of tree plantations in Tanzania

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1066-1074

  Glomsrød, Solveig ^a,b   Wei, Taoyuan ^a,b   Liu, Gang ^a   Aune, Jens B ^c  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Afforestation; CDM; CGE; Leakage; Poverty reduction; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON EMISSION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CROP YIELD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OWNERSHIP; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 79953749877     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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