Capturing Carbon and Conserving Biodiversity: The Market ApproachIan Swingland Routledge, 2013 M06 17 - 368 pages 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 life forms. It discusses how reducing global warming and saving biodiversity can both be achieved with the right market conditions. The contributors include conservation biologists, ecologists, biologists, economists, lawyers, community and tribal specialists, financial specialists, market makers, environment specialists, climatologists, resource managers, atmospheric scientists, project developers and corporate fund managers. |
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... avoided deforestation for the years 2003–2012 Summary of carbon mitigation and incomes via forest restoration, sustainable agriculture and avoided deforestation for the years 2003–2012 How CO2 emissions from UK power stations reduced in ...
... avoided deforestation for the years 2003–2012 Summary of carbon mitigation and incomes via forest restoration, sustainable agriculture and avoided deforestation for the years 2003–2012 How CO2 emissions from UK power stations reduced in ...
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... deforestation is resulting in a release of 1.7 PgC yr−1 into the atmosphere. However, there is also strong evidence ... avoid actions to Introduction 5.
... deforestation is resulting in a release of 1.7 PgC yr−1 into the atmosphere. However, there is also strong evidence ... avoid actions to Introduction 5.
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The Market Approach Ian Swingland. may allow developed nations to delay or avoid ... deforestation and forest degradation. Ultimately, carbon market incentives ... deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries under a future ...
The Market Approach Ian Swingland. may allow developed nations to delay or avoid ... deforestation and forest degradation. Ultimately, carbon market incentives ... deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries under a future ...
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... avoid deforestation and improve the sustainability of agriculture in developing countries (see also Chapter 4). This decision to limit LUCF activities under the CDM is mainly a result of the controversy that has arisen over the use of ...
... avoid deforestation and improve the sustainability of agriculture in developing countries (see also Chapter 4). This decision to limit LUCF activities under the CDM is mainly a result of the controversy that has arisen over the use of ...
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... avoided deforestation were based on a study by Trexler & Haugan (1995). Niles et al. (Chapter 4 this book) further modified the rates reported by Trexler & Haugan in light of more recent assessments of tropical deforestation (FAO 2001) ...
... avoided deforestation were based on a study by Trexler & Haugan (1995). Niles et al. (Chapter 4 this book) further modified the rates reported by Trexler & Haugan in light of more recent assessments of tropical deforestation (FAO 2001) ...
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afforestation annual Article 3.4 assessment atmospheric CO2 avoided deforestation baseline biodiversity biomass carbon credits carbon cycle carbon emissions carbon market carbon offsets carbon sequestration carbon sinks carbon stocks change and forestry Clean Development Mechanism climate change commitment period communities conservation Convention cost crops deforestation developing countries economic ecosystems ecotourism effects emissions reductions emissions trading emissions-trading energy Environment environmental services estimates example forest management forestry projects fossil-fuel GHG emissions global greenhouse gas harvesting hectares impacts implementation improved incentives increase industrialized IPCC Kyoto Protocol land land-use activities land-use change leakage LULUCF measures mitigation monitoring natural forests options organic Parties PgC yr−1 plant plantations potential practices production programme protected areas rates Ravindranath reduce regions result sector sequester carbon soil carbon sources species sustainable agriculture sustainable development tC ha−1 timber tion tonne of carbon tourism trees tropical forests UNFCCC watershed World Bank