Deforestation and greenhouse gases
Contributors: United States. Congressional Budget Office
Series: A CBO study; CBO study
Publisher: Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Deforestation; Environmental aspects; Economic aspects; Greenhouse gases; Climatic changes; Global warming; Climatology; Social aspects; Weather
Description: 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.
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 6, 2012).

"[W]ritten by Natalie Tawil of CBO's Microeconomic Studies Division"--Preface.

"January 2012."

"Pub. No. 4216."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Implications of Deforestation for Climate Change; title: Current Locations and Causes of Deforestation; title: Forests and Cost-Effective Reductions in Greenhouse Gases; title: Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions; title: Uncertainty About the Cost-Effectiveness of Reducing Forest-Based Emissions; title: Challenges in Reducing Forest-Based Emissions; title: Measuring Changes in Carbon Storage; title: Structuring Incentives to Reduce Forest-Based Emissions; title: Improving Governance in Developing Countries; title: Policy Approaches for Reducing Forest-Based Emissions; title: Assistance to Governments; title: Markets for Reductions in Forest-Based GHG Emissions.