The making of markets for carbon and the potential of forestry offsets -- Forestry in the Kyoto Protocol -- Forestry in voluntary carbon markets -- Biodiversity benefits of reforestation and avoiding deforestation -- Measuring the carbon in forest sinks -- Forests as a source of biofuels -- Forestry in the climate change policies of selected developed countries -- Policies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)
Summary
Deals comprehensively with the role of forests in climate change policy and practice. This book offers practical examples of forestry's role in climate change mitigation in both developed and tropical developing countries. It employs scientific and socio-economic analysis and lays bare the complexity of forestry markets
