First-best optimal forest sector carbon policy is examined. Using a comprehensive forest sector model with a detailed … forest bioenergy. However, under the biomass stock change carbon accounting convention followed by UNFCCC and IPCC, the … forest owners pay for the roundwood emissions and, to avoid double counting, the use of roundwood is treated as emission free …

IAMs with the complex dynamic structure of forests and forest supply is a daunting intertemporal task. This study examines … biomass program. Forest area will expand by 70-95% leading to increased storage of 685-1,279 GtCO2 in forest by 2100. Overall …

fuelwood in cooking is a leading cause of indoor air pollution. Using household data from India, we show that households … located farther away from the forest spend more time collecting. Distant households are likely to sell more fuelwood and buy … exacerbate forest degradation. …

ecosystems provide to society. Based on this framework, we first compile market and non-market forest valuation studies and … results show that biodiversity loss is having an effect on forest ecosystem values. In addition, these effects reveal to be …

hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified … where use and non-use values are highest, which includes North America. -- Forest ; Ecosystem Services ; Biodiversity …

carbon offsets as part of climate change mitigation. Analyzing optimal contracts for forest carbon sequestration, an …. The results indicate that for an increase in forest area of 50 million acres, annual government expenditures with optimal … carbon offsets to mitigate climate change. We analyze optimal contracts for forest carbon, an important offset category. A …

In this study we estimate the passive use value of forest in different ecological zones in the Mediterranean region. We … hectare for each country. The total annual amount of passive use value of the Mediterranean forest is about one billion … international dollars. The estimated passive use value of the forest from this study can be used to account for the social welfare …

. In this paper, we look at both options to reach a 2°C mitigation target. This paper combines the global forest model, GTM …, forest carbon storage dominates. However, when carbon prices pass $235/tCO2, wood bioenergy with CCS becomes increasingly …