Effectiveness and legitimacy of forest carbon standards in the OTC voluntary carbon market

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Merger, Eduard ^a   Pistorius, Till ^b  

^a Unique GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON BALANCE; CERTIFICATION; CIVIL SOCIETY; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; REFORESTATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRANSACTION COST; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 80051636476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-0680-6-4     Document Type: Article

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