Avoided deforestation: prospects for mitigating climate change
In: Routledge explorations in environmental economics 16
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In: Routledge explorations in environmental economics 16
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 33, Heft 9, S. 1511-1527
This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change. While much attention has been focused on forestry for its reputed cost-effectiveness, the agricultural sector contributes about ten to twelve per cent of emissions and has a large technical and economic potential for reducing greenhouse gases. The book does not dwell on the science of emissions redu