Capturing carbon and conserving biodiversity : the market approach / edited by Ian R. Swingland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swingland, Ian R. (Ian Richard), 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon sequestration--Economic aspects.

Carbon sequestration.

Biodiversity conservation--Economic aspects.

Biodiversity conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 368 pages) : illustrations, color maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For decades conservation has been based on the donor-driven principle. It hasn't worked. For centuries, environmental pollution or degradation has been addressed by the same attitude: the 'Polluter Pays' principle. That hasn't worked either. The cycle has to stop. But while everyone talks about using a market-driven approach, few know how to do it. Faced with the situation on the ground what do you do? What is happening? How can you engage a system so that it is self-sustaining and the people self-motivated? This study explores how the growing market in carbon can help to conserve carbon-based

Contents:

Capturing Carbon and Conserving Biodiversity The Market Approach; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; About the contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1 Carbon and Climate Change; Chapter 1 Forests, carbon and global climate; Chapter 2 Changes in the use and management of forests for abating carbon emissions: issues and challenges under the Kyoto Protocol; Chapter 3 An overview of a free-market approach to climate change and conservation

Chapter 4 Potential carbon mitigation and income in developing countries from changes in use and management of agricultural and forest lands Chapter 5 The role of multilateral institutions; Chapter 6 Electricity generation: options for reduction in carbon emissions; Chapter 7 Measuring, monitoring and verification of carbon benefits for forest-based projects; Chapter 8 Understanding and managing leakage in forest-based greenhouse-gas-mitigation projects; Part 2 Environmental Services

Chapter 9 The influence of land-use change and landscape dynamics on the climate system: relevance to climate-change policy beyond the radiative effect of greenhouse gases Chapter 10 Economic, biological and policy constraints on the adoption of carbon farming in temperate regions; Chapter 11 The role of sustainable agriculture and renewable-resource management in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and increasing sinkins in China and India; Chapter 12 Social capital from carbon property: creating equity for indigenous people

Chapter 13 Species survival and carbon retention in commercially exploited tropical rainforest Chapter 14 Animal conservation, carbon and sustainability; Chapter 15 Collateral biodiversity benefits associated with 'free market' approaches to sustainable land use and forestry activities; Chapter 16 Developing markets for forest environmental services: an opportunity for promoting equity while securing efficiency?; Part 3 The Future Model; Chapter 17 Carbon sinks and emissions trading under the Kyoto Protocol: a legal analysis

Chapter 18 Protecting terrestrial ecosystems and the climate through a global carbon market Chapter 19 designing a carbon market that protects forests in developing countries; Chapter 20 Greenhouse-gas-trading markets; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

600-00-0269-6

1-4175-2223-2

9786610475889

1-136-57030-6

1-280-47588-9

1-84977-068-9

9781849770682

OCLC:

55842827