Incentives to Reduce GHG Emissions from Deforestation Lessons Learned from Costa Rica and Mexico
Global deforestation is occurring at a fast rate, around 13 million ha/yr (FAO, 2006) and is a major contributor to climate change. Emissions from deforestation in the 1990s are estimated at 5.8Gt/CO2/yr, and account for one-fifth of global anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG). Moreover, deforestati...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Paris
OECD Publishing
2007
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Global deforestation is occurring at a fast rate, around 13 million ha/yr (FAO, 2006) and is a major contributor to climate change. Emissions from deforestation in the 1990s are estimated at 5.8Gt/CO2/yr, and account for one-fifth of global anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG). Moreover, deforestation is the major source of GHG emissions from the land use, land-use change and forestry sector, it constitutes the main source of GHG emissions from many developing countries, and, at a global scale, GHG emissions from deforestation are higher than the total amount produced by the transport sector annually |
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| Physical Description: | 50 p. 21 x 29.7cm |