Amazon Forest and Climate Change: compensating for deforestation reduction

30 de outubro de 2009

out 30, 2009

Steve Schwartzman, Paulo Moutinho

Chapter in the book “Climate Change and Forests: Emerging Policy and Market Opportunities”, edited by Charlotte Streck, Robert O’Sullivan, Toby Janson-Smith and Richard Tarasofsky.

Climate Change and Forests provides a realistic view of the role that the forest and land-use sector can play in a post-Kyoto regime. It will serve as a practical reference manual for anyone concerned about climate policy, including the negotiators working to define a robust and enduring international framework for addressing climate change.

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