Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause about one-quarter of anthropogenic carbon emissions, loss of biodiversity, and other environmental services. United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change talks are now considering mechanisms for avoiding deforestation (AD), but the economic p...
Kindermann, Georg
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Sohngen, B.
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Sathaye, J
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Andrasko, K.
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Rametsteiner, E
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Schlamadinger, B.
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Wunder, Sven
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Beach, Robert H.
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[Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation]
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Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation
Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) is considered a signifi cant mitigation opportunity. Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon has traditionally been highest in the world and, thus, represents a likely target for future REDD initiatives. The paper presents an ex-ante assess...
Borner, J.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design]
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Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design
In the growing literature at the interface of rural livelihood improvement and conservation of natural forests, two overarching issues stand out: (1) How and to what extent use of forest resources do and can contribute to poverty alleviation and (2) How and to what extent poverty alleviation and ...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Angelsen, A.
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Belcher, B.
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Burgess, P.
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Nasi, Robert
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Santoso, L.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview]
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Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview
Since the influential Stern Review on the economics of climate change (Stern 2006), many have seen avoiding deforestation of tropical forests as arguably the fastest way and cheaper to mitigate climate change. The idea is that the richest countries - which were the largest emitters of greenhouse ...
The purpose of this lecture note is to summarise different research results about the impact of macro-level factors and “extra-sectoral” policies on tropical forest cover. Specifically, we are interested in the forest margins - i.e. the spatial transition zone between tropical forests and convert...
Wunder, Sven
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Verbist, B.
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[The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation]
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The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation
Gabon’s oil wealth coincides with the fact that it is one of the most forested countries in Africa; about four-fifths of its land area is covered by forests. But this is not really a coincidence. The central hypothesis of this report is that oil rents have enabled a series of pro-urban, anti-rura...
Wunder, Sven
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[When the Dutch disease met the French connection: oil, macroeconomics and forests in Gabon]
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When the Dutch disease met the French connection: oil, macroeconomics and forests in Gabon
Gabon’s oil wealth coincides with the fact that it is one of the most forested countries in Africa; about four-fifths of its land area is covered by forests. But this is not really a coincidence. The central hypothesis of this report is that oil rents have enabled a series of pro-urban, anti-rura...
Wunder, Sven
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[Quand le syndrome Neerlandais: petrole, macroeconomie et forets au Gabon]
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Quand le syndrome Neerlandais: petrole, macroeconomie et forets au Gabon
This publication has two objectives. First, it analyzes the past research on deforestation and summarizes the findings of that research, in terms of its relevance to the development of future REDD regimes. Second, it highlights areas where future research and methodological development are needed...
Kanninen, M.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Seymour, F.
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Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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German, L.
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[Les arbres poussent-ils sur l’argent ?: Implications de la recherche sur la déforestation pour les politiques de promotion de REDD]
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Les arbres poussent-ils sur l’argent ?: Implications de la recherche sur la déforestation pour les politiques de promotion de REDD
Despite considerable international attention in the field of forest conservation, tropical forests are still disappearing at an unaltered pace. This book gives an economic perspective on the analysis of deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empiric...