Deforestation and greenhouse gases.

Implications of Deforestation for Climate Change -- Current Locations and Causes of Deforestation -- Forests and Cost-Effective Reductions in Greenhouse Gases -- Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Uncertainty About the Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tawil, Natalie
Corporate Author:	United States. Congressional Budget Office
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, [2012]
Series:	CBO study.
Subjects:	Deforestation > Environmental aspects. Deforestation > Economic aspects. Greenhouse gases > Economic aspects. Climatic changes. Climatic changes > Economic aspects. Global warming. Global warming > Economic aspects. Climatology > Social aspects. Weather > Social aspects. Climatic changes > Environmental aspects.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo17449

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Summary:	Implications of Deforestation for Climate Change -- Current Locations and Causes of Deforestation -- Forests and Cost-Effective Reductions in Greenhouse Gases -- Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Uncertainty About the Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Challenges in Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Measuring Changes in Carbon Storage -- Structuring Incentives to Reduce Forest-Based Emissions -- Improving Governance in Developing Countries -- Policy Approaches for Reducing Forest-Based Emissions -- Markets for Reductions in Forest-Based GHG Emissions.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 6, 2012). "[W]ritten by Natalie Tawil of CBO's Microeconomic Studies Division"--Preface. "January 2012." "Pub. Number 4216." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 21 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.