Why ignore tropical deforestation? A proposal for including forest conservation in the Kyoto Protocol

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), under the Kyoto Protocol, help participating developing countries to contribute to climate change mitigation. Although the CDM allows renewable energy projects in the land-use sector, it allows only plantation…

The current annual rates of tropical deforestation from Brazil and Indonesia alone would equal four-fifths of the emissions reductions gained by implementing the Kyoto Protocol in its first commitment period, jeopardizing the goal of Protocol to…

Stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that avoids dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system is the central goal of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. If Kyoto Protocol emissions reductions…

The current annual rates of tropical deforestation from Brazil and Indonesia alone would equal four-fifths of the emissions reductions gained by implementing the Kyoto Protocol in its first commitment period, jeopardizing the goal of Protocol to…

Stier and Siebert 2002 are correct that the Kyoto Protocol offers a unique opportunity to address both global climate change and conservation of biodiversity, particularly in the tropics. The protocol caps greenhouse gas GHG emissions in…

This paper discusses relationships between soil conservation, carbon sequestration, and the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is the first attempt to use the flexibility of the global market place to stabilize and reduce GHG emissions, mitigate…

This paper discusses the promotion of carbon sinks, reduction of greenhouse gases emission and prevention of deforestation through forestry and land management activities within the context of the Kyoto Protocol. Two ongoing projects, viz., the…

Many pathways have been proposed for including land use in a post-2012 climate agreement. Several involve new accounting structures which are quite different from the rules established in the Marrakech Accords and related decisions. However, a…

Abstract: Today, one of the most important environmental issues that pose international threats is global warming and, as a result, climate changes. As a result of the researches led by developed nations to detect adverse effects of human-originated…

Abstract  In Ghana, forests provide many products on which the local population subsists. However, these resources are depleting due to a variety of factors including agricultural expansion and over-exploitation of forest resources. This paper…