Avoided Deforestation

Prospects for Mitigating Climate Change

Charles Palmer, Stefanie Engel

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Routledge
01 December 2010

Environmental economics; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

Avoided deforestation can be characterized as the use of financial incentives to reduce rates of deforestation and forest degradation, with much of the focus on forests in tropical countries.

While avoided deforestation, as a policy issue, is not new, the current debate in academic and policy circles on including it in future climate change mitigation strategies such as the Clean Development Mechanism is gathering pace – and this debate is only likely to intensify as negotiations continue over what should be included in the successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, which is set to expire in 2012.

Up until now, however, the debate in terms of the scientific and economic implications of avoided deforestation has not been brought together. This book aims to bring together important research findings in the area along with their policy implications, whilst linking avoided deforestation to political economy as well as to the latest developments in environmental and natural resource economics.

Edited by: Charles Palmer, Stefanie Engel
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780415619806
ISBN 10: 0415619807
Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 01 December 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Palmer is currently a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Environmental Decisions at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland, specializing in environmental and development economics. Stefanie Engel is Professor of Environmental Policy and Economics at the Institute for Environmental Decisions at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

Reviews for Avoided Deforestation: Prospects for Mitigating Climate Change

'It's a publication of a high scientific level...a book I recommend highly!' - Jean-Pierre Sorg, Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen 'Overall I found this a useful, interesting, and readable introduction to the political and economic complexities surrounding the practice of avoided deforestation as a means to reduce climate change. The content is accessible to non-specialists with a general interest in the topic and basic background knowledge, so it ought to appeal to students and policy stakeholders who want to rapidly get up to speed on this important topic. In addition, scientists working in related fields should find it a valuable aid in putting their work in context and for suggesting areas that require more robust evidence or technical advances.' - Richard Betts, The Journal of Environmental Investing