Incentives to Reduce GHG Emissions from Deforestation: Lessons Learned from Costa Rica and Mexico

Katia Karousakis

OECD Papers, 2007, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-50

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2007
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