Carbon dioxide offset investment in the Asia-Pacific forestry sector
Subtitle: opportunities and constraints
By: by Anthony DiNicola, Don Justin Jones, Gerald Gray ; edited by Thomas Enters, Patrick B. Durst.
Contributors: Jones, Don Justin.; Gray, Gerald.; Enters, T.; Durst, Patrick B.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: RAP publication ;; 1998/9; RWEDP field document ;; no. 53
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Bangkok, Thailand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Forestry investment -- Asia; Forestry investment -- Pacific Area; Forest plants -- Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on -- Asia; Forest plants -- Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on -- Pacific Area; Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects -- Asia; Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects -- Pacific Area
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.INTRODUCTION; title: 1.1 The Asia and Pacific (Asia-Pacific) Region 2; title: 1.2 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) 3; title: 1.2.1 The 1997 Kyoto Protocol 5; title: 1.2.2 Policy Framework for Joint Implementation, Activities; title: Implemented Jointly and the Clean Development Mechanism 5; title: 1.2.3 The Future of the Protocol and Emission Reduction Credits (ERC)8; title: 1.2.4 The Kyoto Protocol and the Forestry Sector 8; title: 1.3 Investment Patterns and Cost of CO2 9; title: 1.4 Opportunities for Tangible Benefits in the Asia-Pacific Region 10; title: 2.PERSPECTIVES AND RESPONSES12; title: 2.1 Developing Countries12; title: 2.1.1 The Asia-Pacific Region13; title: 2.1.2 Costa Rica and Central America 14; title: 2.2 Developed Countries 16; title: 2.2.1 United States17; title: 2.2.2 The Netherlands17; title: 2.2.3 Australia 18; title: 2.2.4 Canada 18; title: 2.2.5 Japan 19; title: 2.3 Private Sector Initiatives 19; title: 2.3.1 Edison Electric Institute 20; title: 2.3.2 The World Business Council for Sustainable Development; title: (W BCSD) 20; title: 2.3.3 E-7 Network for Expertise20; title: 3.OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC; title: FORESTRY SECTOR 21; title: 3.1 Forestry Opportunities in the Asia-Pacific 22; title: 3.1.1 Forest Conservation/ Preservation 22; title: 3.1.2 Forest Rehabilitation/ Reforestation 24; title: 3.1.3 Improved Forest Management/ Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) 26; title: 3.1.4 Commercial Plantations and Community Forestry28; title: 3.1.5 Biomass Energy/ Fuelwood 31; title: 3.1.6 Urban Forestry 31; title: 3.2 Forestry Examples from Other Regions 33; title: 3.2.1 Rio Bravo (Belize) 33; title: 3.2.2 Scolel Te (M exico) 34; title: 3.3 Forestry Examples in the Asia-Pacific Region 34; title: 3.3.1 Indonesia: Reduced Impact Logging 35; title: 3.3.2 Malaysia: Tropical Forest Rehabilitation 36; title: 3.3.3 Malaysia: Reduced Impact Logging 36; title: 3.3.4 Fiji: Community Forestry Pine Plantations and Sustainable; title: Forest M anagem ent.36; title: 3.3.5 Solomon Islands: Natural Forest Management37; title: 3.3.6 Papua New Guinea: Integrated Conservation and Development37; title: 3.3.7 V anuatu 37; title: 4.EMERGING PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR FOREST SECTOR; title: ERC PROJECT INVESTMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION38; title: 4.1 Increasing Receptivity toward ERC in the Region 38; title: 4.2 Forestry Sector Challenges 39; title: 4.2.1 NGO Environmental Concerns 39; title: 4.2.2 Bias Toward Energy Sector Proposals40; title: 5.RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOREST SECTOR ERC INVESTMENT IN; title: THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION41; title: 5.1 Creating an International Framework for ERC 41; title: 5.2 Building Policy and Institutional Frameworks in Developing Countries42; title: 5.2.1 Domestic Policies and Institutions42; title: 5.2.2 Domestic ERC Task Force and Program 43; title: 5.2.3 Sectoral ERC Workshops 44; title: 5.2.4 Building Awareness and Understanding of ERC Concept44; title: 5.2.5 Estimating the Project Opportunities in the Region 45; title: 6.FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR FOREST SECTOR ERC PROJECT; title: INVESTMENT 45; title: 7.REFERENCES 47.