A bottom-up approach to estimating cost elements of REDD+ pilot projects in Tanzania

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Merger, Eduard ^a   Held, Christian ^a   Tennigkeit, Timm ^a   Blomley, Tom ^b  

^a UNIQUE forestry and land use   (Germany)

^b Pentlands Science Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional costs; Opportunity costs; REDD+ cost elements; REDD+ economics; REDD+ implementation costs; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INCENTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE CHANGE; MITIGATION; PASTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TRANSACTION COST;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84864701196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-0680-7-9     Document Type: Article

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