Implications Of Payments For Ecosystem Services Based On The Redd Programme

Florina Bran (florinabran@yahoo.com) and Ioana Maria Ghidiu-Bîta (i_ghidiu@yahoo.com)
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Ioana Maria Ghidiu-Bîta: Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology, 2011, vol. 1, issue 3, 5

Abstract: Deforestation and forest degradation, through agricultural expansion, conversion to pastureland, infrastructure development, destructive logging, fires etc., account for nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire global transportation sector and second only to the energy sector. It is now clear that in order to constrain the impacts of climate change within limits that society will reasonably be able to tolerate, the global average temperatures must be stabilized within two degrees Celsius. This will be practically impossible to achieve without reducing emissions from the forest sector, in addition to other mitigation actions. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is an effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable development. “REDD” goes beyond deforestation and forest degradation, and includes the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.

Keywords: deforestation; Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD); payments for ecosystem services; implications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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