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Deforestation and greenhouse gases.

Summary:

Implications of Deforestation for Climate Change -- Current Locations and Causes of Deforestation -- Forests and Cost-Effective Reductions in Greenhouse Gases -- Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Uncertainty About the Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Challenges in Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Measuring Changes in Carbon Storage -- Structuring Incentives to Reduce Forest-Based Emissions -- Improving Governance in Developing Countries -- Policy Approaches for Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Markets for Reductions in Forest-Based GHG Emissions.

Electronic resources

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 21 pages) : color illustrations
  • Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"[W]ritten by Natalie Tawil of CBO's Microeconomic Studies Division"--Preface.
"January 2012."
"Pub. No. 4216."
GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 6, 2012).
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Summary -- Implications of Deforestation for Climate Change -- Current Locations and Causes of Deforestation -- Forests and Cost-Effective Reductions in Greenhouse Gases -- Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Uncertainty About the Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Challenges in Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Measuring Changes in Carbon Storage -- Structuring Incentives to Reduce Forest-Based Emissions -- Improving Governance in Developing Countries -- Policy Approaches for Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Assistance to Governments -- Markets for Reductions in Forest-Based GHG Emissions.
Subject:
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
Climatology > Social aspects.
Deforestation > Economic aspects.
Deforestation > Environmental aspects.
Global warming.
Global warming > Economic aspects.
Greenhouse gases > Economic aspects.
Weather > Social aspects.
Deforestation and greenhouse gases