Economics of Climate Change: The Contribution of Forestry ProjectsSpringer Science & Business Media, 2012 M12 6 - 158 pages Climate change is one of the major global environmental problems, one that has the potential to confront us with great costs during the decades to come. Climate change is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO). As z deforestation leads to CO emissions and growing forests sequester CO, forestry z z projects provide us with options to mitigate CO effects. This study analyses the z contribution Jorestry projects can make within the context of climate change. The contribution of forestry projects is here discussed on two levels. On a first level, the COz effect of individual projects is analysed. On a second level, the study asks whether the analysis of forestry projects can contribute to questions on climate change which have been discussed in the economic literature during the past two decades. While most studies on forestry projects focus on particular details, predominantly on technical issues, this study takes a rather broad perspective, drawing together different relevant aspects: the stability of international agreements is discussed, costs and benefIts of reducing GHG emissions in industrial countries are reviewed, the underlying causes of deforestation are analysed and insights from resource economics are taken into consideration. Such a wide perspectiveallows the identifIcation, discussion and appreciation of problems and opportunities associated with forestry projects in the context of climate change which are otherwise not recognised. |
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... increased the concentration of these gases in the atmosphere ; the greenhouse effect has thus also been intensified , over and above the levels it would have had in the absence of human activities . The concentration of CO2 , for ...
... increased the concentration of these gases in the atmosphere ; the greenhouse effect has thus also been intensified , over and above the levels it would have had in the absence of human activities . The concentration of CO2 , for ...
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... increase of the world's average temperature . During the past 130 years , the average surface temperature has risen by 0.3 - 0.6 degrees Celsius ( World Resource Institute 1996 : 317 ) . Whether the increase of the average temperature ...
... increase of the world's average temperature . During the past 130 years , the average surface temperature has risen by 0.3 - 0.6 degrees Celsius ( World Resource Institute 1996 : 317 ) . Whether the increase of the average temperature ...
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... increase , both causing a reduction in agricultural productivity . The much discussed rise of the sea level which , contrary to popular perception , is not due to the melting of polar ice , but is rather caused by the increase of the ...
... increase , both causing a reduction in agricultural productivity . The much discussed rise of the sea level which , contrary to popular perception , is not due to the melting of polar ice , but is rather caused by the increase of the ...
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... increase rapidly in the years to come ( Enquete - Kommission 1995 ) . CO2 is emitted when fossil fuels such as coal ... increased by 38 per cent and currently 27.4 billion metric tons are being emitted annually ( World Resources ...
... increase rapidly in the years to come ( Enquete - Kommission 1995 ) . CO2 is emitted when fossil fuels such as coal ... increased by 38 per cent and currently 27.4 billion metric tons are being emitted annually ( World Resources ...
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... increasing research efforts in order to learn more about the potential effect of increasing greenhouse gas emissions . Six years later , an international conference in Villach ( Austria ) concluded that the increased concentration of ...
... increasing research efforts in order to learn more about the potential effect of increasing greenhouse gas emissions . Six years later , an international conference in Villach ( Austria ) concluded that the increased concentration of ...
Contents
THREE MAJOR ECONOMIC ISSUES | 15 |
EXTENT CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES | 46 |
FOREST USE AND THE DETERMINANTS OF SUSTAINABILITY | 66 |
THE CO₂ EFFECT OF PRECIOUS WOODS | 86 |
LESSONS FROM PRECIOUS WOODS | 112 |
CONCLUSION | 129 |
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