Research Catalog

Title

Climate change and forests : emerging policy and market opportunities / Charlotte Streck ... [et al.], editors.

Publication

London : Chatham House ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

Streck, Charlotte.

Description

xviii, 346 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Frames forestry activities within climate-change policy context. Analyzes the operation and efficacy of market-based mechanisms for forest conservation and climate change. Explores voluntary schemes for carbon crediting, provides an overview of carbon accounting best practices, and presents tools for future sequestration and offset programs. Concludes with options for slowing deforestation"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Carbon sequestration
• Forest microclimatology
• Climatic changes

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / David Freestone -- Part One, Introduction -- 1. Climate change and forestry : an introduction / Charlotte Streck...[et. al.] -- 2. The idea of market-based mechanisms for forest conservation and climate change / Rosimeiry Portela, Kelly J. Wendland, and Laura Ledwith Pennypacker -- Part Two, The International Arena -- 3. History and context of LULUCF in the climate regime / Eveline Trines -- 4. Risks and criticisms of forestry-based climate change mitigation and carbon trading / Johannes Ebeling -- 5. Forest carbon and other ecosystem services : synergies between the Rio Conventions / Jan Fehse -- 6. Forestry projects under the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation : rules and regulations / Sebastian M. Scholz and Martina Jung -- Case study ; the Humbo Community-based Natural Regeneration Project, Ethiopia / Paul Dettmann, Tony Rinaudo, and Assefa Tofu -- 7. How renewable is bioenergy? / Bernhard Schlamadinger...[et. al.] -- Part Three, Practical Experiences -- 8. Design issues in clean development mechanism forestry projects / Bruno Locatelli, Lucio Pedroni and Zenia Salinas -- Case study : The San Nicolás Project in Colombia / Carmenza Robledo and Patricia Tobón-- 9. The permanence challenge : an economic analysis of temporary credits / Franck Lecocq and Stéphane Couture -- 10. Project-based mechanisms : methodological approaches for measuring and monitoring carbon credits / Timothy Pearson, Sarah Walker, and Sandra Brown -- 11. Characterizing sequestration rights legally in Chile / Dominique Hervé and Edmundo Claro -- 12. Legal issues and contractual solutions for LULUCF projects under the Clean Development Mechanism / Monique Miller, Martijn Wilder, and Eric Knight -- Part Four, Outlook: Avoided Deforestation and the Post-Kyoto Agenda -- 13. Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries : an introduction / Robert O'Sullivan -- 14. An accounting mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests in developing countries / Danilo Mollicone...[et. al.] -- Case study : creative financing and multisector partners in Madagascar / Jeannicq Randrianarisoa, Ben Vitale, and Sonal Pandya -- 15. A Latin American perspective on land use, land-use change, and forestry negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change / Manuel Estrada Porrua and Andrea García-Guerrero -- Case study : The Noel Kempff Climate Action Project, Bolivia / Jörg Seifert-Granzin -- 16. Compensated reductions : rewarding developing countries for protecting forest carbon / Stephen Schwartzman and Paulo Moutinho -- 17. Creating incentives for avoiding further deforestation : the nested approach / Charlotte Streck...[et. al.] -- Part Five, National systems and voluntary carbon offsets -- 18. Legislative approaches to forest sinks in Australia and New Zealand : working models for other jurisdictions? / Karen Gould, Monique Miller, and Martijn Wilder -- Case study : The West Coast Development Trust, a New Zealand example / Sean Weaver -- 19. Using forests and farms to combat climate change : how emerging policies in the United States promote land conservation and restoration / Cathleen Kelly... [et al.] -- Case study : the Van Eck forest management project in California / Michelle Passero, Rachael Katz, and Laurie Wayburn -- 20. Carving a niche for forests in the voluntary carbon markets / Katherine Hamilton, Ricardo Bayon, and Amanda Hawn -- Case study : reflections on community-based carbon forestry in Mexico / Richard Tipper -- 21. Developing forestry carbon projects for the voluntary carbon market : a practical analysis / Marisa Meizlish and David Brand -- Case study : carbon sequestration in the Sierra Gorda of Mexico / David Patrick Ross.

Call Number

JBE 13-102

ISBN

• 0815704275 (pbk.)
• 9780815704270 (pbk.)

OCLC

601049278

Title

Climate change and forests : emerging policy and market opportunities / Charlotte Streck ... [et al.], editors.

Imprint

London : Chatham House ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Streck, Charlotte.

Research Call Number

JBE 13-102