Climate change and forests : emerging policy and market opportunities / Charlotte Streck ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Streck, Charlotte.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Forest microclimatology.

Carbon sequestration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : illustrations

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Chatham House ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Frames forestry activities within climate-change policy context. Analyzes the operation and efficacy of market-based mechanisms for forest conservation and climate change. Explores voluntary schemes for carbon crediting, provides an overview of carbon accounting best practices, and presents tools for future sequestration and offset programs. Concludes with options for slowing deforestation"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Climate Change and Forestry: An Introduction; The Idea of Market-Based Mechanisms for Forest Conservation and Climate Change; History and Context of LULUCF in the Climate Regime; Risks and Criticisms of Forestry-Based Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Trading; Forest Carbon and Other Ecosystem Services: Synergies between the Rio Conventiones; Forestry Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implemendation: Rules and Regulations; How Renewable is Bioenergy?; Design Issues in Clean Development Mechanism Forestry Projects

The Permanence Challenge: An Economic Analysis of Temporary Credits; Project-Base Mechanisms: Methodological Approaches for Measuring and Monitoring Carbon Credits; Characterizing Sequestration Rights Legally in Chile; Legal Issues and Contractual Solutions for LULUCF Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism; Reducing Emissions from Deforestration in Developing Countries: An Introduction; An Accounting Mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation of Forests in Developing Countries

A Latin American Perspective on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry Negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changed; Compensatied Reductions: Rewarding Developing Countries for Protecting Forest Carbon; Creating Incentives for Avoiding Further Deforestation: The Nested Approach; Legislative Approaches to Forest Sinks in Australia and New Zealand: Working Models for Other Jurisdictions?; Using Forests and Farms to Combat Climate Change: How Emerging Policies in the United States Promote Land Conservation and Restoration; Carving a Niche for Forests in the Voluntary Carbon Markets; Developing Forestry Carbon Projects for the Voluntary Carbon Market: A Practical Analysis; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612131394

9781282131392

1282131397

9780815701484

0815701489

OCLC:

430522671