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Title:

Effectiveness and Distributional Impacts of Payments for Reduced Carbon Emissions from Deforestation

Author(s):
Knoke, Thomas; Weber, Michael; Barkmann, Jan; Pohle, Perdita; Calvas, Baltazar; Medina, Carolina; Aguirre, Nikolay; Günter, Sven; Stimm, Bernd; Mosandl, Reinhard; {Frank~von~Walter}; {Byron~Maza}; Gerique, Andres
Abstract:
This paper analyses the effectiveness and distributional effects of payments to avoid tropical deforestation. As a first aspect, we investigated whether or not expected payments for avoided deforestation would be acceptable for tropical farmers in Southern Ecuador, with the study area located directly adjacent to the Podocarpus National Park. Second, we explored possible distributional effects resulting from voluntary or mandatory remuneration schemes to avoid deforestation. Finally, a productiv...     »
Journal title:
Erdkunde
Year:
2009
Journal volume:
63
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
365--384
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.2307/25648256
Print-ISSN:
00140015
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