Economics of carbon sequestration in community forests: Evidence from REDD+ piloting in Nepal

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages 9-29

  Pandit, Ram ^a   Neupane, Prem Raj ^b   Wagle, Bishnu Hari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Forestry   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Break even analysis; Carbon price; Community forest; Firewood; Opportunity cost; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST ESTIMATING; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAS EMISSIONS; WATERSHEDS;

BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS; CARBON PRICE; COMMUNITY FOREST; FIREWOOD; OPPORTUNITY COSTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; WATERSHED;

CARBON; FORESTS; PRICES; WATER SHEDS;

NEPAL;

EID: 85009895404     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2016.11.002     Document Type: Article

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