Generating carbon finance through avoided deforestation and its potential to create climatic, conservation and human development benefits |
Feb 2008
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This paper evaluates the potential of reducing emissions from deforestation (RED) to generate funds through international carbon markets and discusses four key issues that are currently debated by scientists and policy makers.
In addition, to what extent RED may generate biodiversity and development co-benefits has been assessed.
Technical questions regarding carbon measurements and the monitoring of land-use change will not be discussed, since there is a general scientific consensus that these can be resolved pragmatically with existing technology and that uncertainties can be addressed through conservative carbon accounting approaches.
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