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The Kyoto protocol and payments for tropical forest: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM

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Pfaff, ASP; Kerr, S; Hughes, RF; Liu, S; Sanchez-Azofeifa, GA; Schimel, D; Tosi, J; Watson, V
Published in: Ecological Economics
January 1, 2000

Protecting tropical forests under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could reduce the cost of emissions limitations set in Kyoto. However, while society must soon decide whether or not to use tropical forest-based offsets evidence regarding tropical carbon sinks is sparse. This paper presents a general method for constructing an integrated model (based on detailed historical, remote sensing and field data) that can produce land-use and carbon baselines, predict carbon sequestration supply to a carbon-offsets market and also help to evaluate optimal market rules. Creating such integrated models requires close collaboration between social and natural scientists. Our project combines varied disciplinary expertise (in economics, ecology and geography) with local knowledge in order to create high-quality, empirically grounded, integrated models for Costa Rica. © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.

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Ecological Economics

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0921-8009

Publication Date

January 1, 2000

Volume

35

Issue

2

Start / End Page

203 / 221

Related Subject Headings

  • Agricultural Economics & Policy
  • 1499 Other Economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management
 

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Pfaff, A. S. P., Kerr, S., Hughes, R. F., Liu, S., Sanchez-Azofeifa, G. A., Schimel, D., … Watson, V. (2000). The Kyoto protocol and payments for tropical forest: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM. Ecological Economics, 35(2), 203–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00199-3
Pfaff, A. S. P., S. Kerr, R. F. Hughes, S. Liu, G. A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, D. Schimel, J. Tosi, and V. Watson. “The Kyoto protocol and payments for tropical forest: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM.” Ecological Economics 35, no. 2 (January 1, 2000): 203–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00199-3.
Pfaff ASP, Kerr S, Hughes RF, Liu S, Sanchez-Azofeifa GA, Schimel D, et al. The Kyoto protocol and payments for tropical forest: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM. Ecological Economics. 2000 Jan 1;35(2):203–21.
Pfaff, A. S. P., et al. “The Kyoto protocol and payments for tropical forest: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM.” Ecological Economics, vol. 35, no. 2, Jan. 2000, pp. 203–21. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00199-3.
Pfaff ASP, Kerr S, Hughes RF, Liu S, Sanchez-Azofeifa GA, Schimel D, Tosi J, Watson V. The Kyoto protocol and payments for tropical forest: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM. Ecological Economics. 2000 Jan 1;35(2):203–221.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ecological Economics

DOI

ISSN

0921-8009

Publication Date

January 1, 2000

Volume

35

Issue

2

Start / End Page

203 / 221

Related Subject Headings

  • Agricultural Economics & Policy
  • 1499 Other Economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management