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Leaflet
LE0117-08
TitleThe opportunity costs of avoiding emissions from deforestation
Year2008
PublisherASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins
CityNairobi, Kenya
Call NumberLE0117-08
NotesASB Policy Brief no. 10
Abstract:
Avoiding deforestation in the humid tropics can be a cost-effective approach for large reductions in CO2 emissions

Carbon emissions from land use changes could be reduced if farmers considered carbon values in their economic decision making.

International carbon finance is only one of several options for influencing incentives of people making land use decisions that emit and sequester carbon.

Urgent attention should be given to reducing emissions from the peatlands of Southeast Asia

This retrospective analysis of the actualopportunity costs of avoiding emissions from deforestation under-states the full costs that would be involved in implementing a REDD programme.
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GRP 5: Improving the ability of farmers, ecosystems & governments to cope with climate change
GRP 6: Developing policies and incentives for multifunctional landscapes with trees that provide environmental services
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