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The potential of REDD+ for carbon sequestration in tropical forests : supply curves for carbon storage for Kalimantan, Indonesia
Indrajaya, Yonky; Van der Werf, Edwin; Weikard, Hans-Peter - 2015
We study the potential of tropical multi-age multi-species forests for sequestering carbon in response to financial incentives from REDD+. The use of reduced impact logging techniques (RIL) allows a forest owner to apply for carbon credits whereas the use of conventional logging techniques (CL)...
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On the economics of forest carbon : renewable and carbon neutral but not emission free
Lintunen, Jussi; Uusivuori, Jussi Ilkka - 2014 - This version: November 26, 2013
First-best optimal forest sector carbon policy is examined. Using a comprehensive forest sector model with a detailed carbon cycle section we show that the renewability and carbon neutrality arguments do not warrant emission free treatment of forest bioenergy. However, under the biomass stock...
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Community forest management: the story behind a success story in Nepal
Libois, François; Baland, Jean-Marie; Delbart, Nicolas; … - 2022
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Evaluating the global role of woody biomass as a mitigation strategy
Favero, Alice; Mendelsohn, Robert O. - 2013
the market for woody biomass by combining the integrated assessment model WITCH with the global dynamic forestry model GTM … contributing 20-27% of all mitigation for 2020-2100. -- Bio-energy ; Carbon Sequestration ; Forestry ; Integrated Assessment Model …
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Economics of multifunctional forestry in the Sámi people homeland region
Parkatti, Vesa-Pekka; Tahvonen, Olli - 2020
We study forestry in the Sámi people homeland region to understand an ongoing conflict between conventional forest … husbandry, and a flexible optimization between rotation forestry (cf. clearcuts) and forestry that maintains continuous forest … cover. We show that the profitability of conventional forestry is based on utilizing existing forest stands, an outcome that …
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Empowerment of scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers for sustainable development of India
Sankar, Ulaganathan - 2024
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The effect of forest access on the market for fuelwood in India
Bošković, Branko; Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Pelli, Martino; … - 2018
Fuelwood collection is often cited as the most important cause of deforestation in developing countries. Use of 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...
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Carbon sequestration with reforestations and biodiversity-scenic values
Caparrós Gass, Alejandro; Cerdá Tena, Emilio; Ovando, … - 2007
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Export tariffs combined with public investments as a forest conservation policy instrument
Schwerhoff, Gregor; Wehkamp, Johanna - 2017
The forest conservation policy instrument REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is designed to compensate governments of tropical countries for their efforts to conserve forests. Food insecure countries that are specialized in agriculture and have weak...
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The economics of conflict, organized crime, dictatorship, and corruption
Harm, Christian - 1998
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