Do trees grow on money? The implications of deforestation research for policies to promote REDD

@booklet{citeulike:2889866, abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to summarize what is known about the direct and underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation, and the policy options available to reduce the resulting carbon emissions. The analysis suggests that the design and implementation of REDD policies will be neither simple nor straightforward, given the complexity of the social, economic, environmental and political dimensions of deforestation. Many of the underlying causes of deforestation are generated outside the forestry sector, and alternative land uses tend to be more profitable than conserving forests...}, address = {Bogor, Indonesia}, author = {Kanninen, Markku and Murdiyarso, Daniel and Seymour, Frances and Angelsen, Arild and Wunder, Sven and German, Laura }, citeulike-article-id = {2889866}, keywords = {policy, redd, research}, posted-at = {2008-06-12 19:26:07}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)}, series = {Forest Perspectives 4}, title = {Do trees grow on money? The implications of deforestation research for policies to promote REDD}, url = {http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf\_files/cop/REDD\_paper071207.pdf}, year = {2007} }

TY - PAMP ID - citeulike:2889866 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2889866 TI - Do trees grow on money? The implications of deforestation research for policies to promote REDD SE - Forest Perspectives 4 AD - Bogor, Indonesia PB - Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) N2 - The purpose of this paper is to summarize what is known about the direct and underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation, and the policy options available to reduce the resulting carbon emissions. The analysis suggests that the design and implementation of REDD policies will be neither simple nor straightforward, given the complexity of the social, economic, environmental and political dimensions of deforestation. Many of the underlying causes of deforestation are generated outside the forestry sector, and alternative land uses tend to be more profitable than conserving forests... KW - policy KW - redd KW - research AU - Kanninen, Markku AU - Murdiyarso, Daniel AU - Seymour, Frances AU - Angelsen, Arild AU - Wunder, Sven AU - German, Laura PY - 2007/// UR - http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf_files/cop/REDD_paper071207.pdf ER -