Avoided deforestation : prospects for mitigating climate change / edited by Charles Palmer and Stefanie Engel.
Up until now the debate in terms of the scientific and economic implications of avoided deforestation has not been brought together. This book gathers together important research findings in the area along with their policy implications, whilst linking avoided deforestation to political economy as w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Series: | Routledge explorations in environmental economics ;
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Reducing CO2 emissions through avoided deforestation?; Part I Cost effectiveness of avoided deforestation; 2 Costs of avoided deforestation as a climate change mitigation option; 3 Economics of avoiding deforestation; 4 Assessing the economic potential for reducing deforestation in developing countries; Part II Policy and institutional barriers to avoided deforestation.