A Small-Scale Forestry Perspective on Constraints to Including REDD in International Carbon Markets

Paul Dargusch; K Lawrence; John L Herbohn; Medrilzam

doi:10.1007/s11842-010-9141-z

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A Small-Scale Forestry Perspective on Constraints to Including REDD in International Carbon Markets

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A Small-Scale Forestry Perspective on Constraints to Including REDD in International Carbon Markets

Paul Dargusch, K Lawrence, John L Herbohn and Medrilzam

Small-scale Forestry, Vol.9(4), pp.485-499

2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-010-9141-z

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carbon offsets

voluntary carbon markets

climate change

forest protection

emissions trading

In this article the authors contend that the constraints to including reduced emissions from avoided tropical forest deforestation and degradation in international carbon markets stem from problems associated with: (1) correctly measuring emissions savings from avoided tropical forest deforestation and degradation; (2) the permanence and 'leakage' of tropical forest conservation regimes; (3) ensuring economic incentives for the avoidance of tropical forest deforestation and degradation are sufficiently effective; (4) the exclusion of reduced emissions from avoided tropical forest deforestation and degradation from critical international climate change policy agreements; and (5) the behaviour of investors in carbon markets. Case analysis of the 'Emissions Biodiversity Exchange Project for the 21st Century' (EBEX21) program of Landcare Research New Zealand is used to examine how a government-supported market-based forest conservation initiative can be used to address these constraints, particularly in the context of small-scale forestry conservation. .

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Title: A Small-Scale Forestry Perspective on Constraints to Including REDD in International Carbon Markets
Authors: Paul Dargusch (Author) - University of Queensland
K Lawrence (Author) - University of Queensland
John L Herbohn (Author) - University of Queensland
Medrilzam (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Small-scale Forestry, Vol.9(4), pp.485-499
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-010-9141-z
ISSN: 1873-7617
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449963302621
Output Type: Journal article

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