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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… Markets and charges, Payments for environmental services, Carbon offsets, Debt conversion, Trust Funds #47. Chomitz, K. … Economic instruments, Private sector, Trust Funds, Carbon offsets, Debt conversion #53. Costa, R., & Kennedy, E. … an emissions reduction credit, that could then either be offset against emissions created elsewhere by the firm, or …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… for medicine and biotechnology, plant pollination, carbon sequestration, and soil formation. Biodiversity, which … pollination (local), hydrological (regional), and carbon sequestration (global). The paper explains why the … is an interesting section on tapping into the market for carbon sequestration through avoided deforestation (chapter …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… In many European countries, subsidies to oil are often offset by special taxes and levies intended mainly to raise … by eliminating energy subsidies. In India, for instance, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be cut by around 100 … for reducing emissions by increasing subsidies to low carbon-intensive or carbon-free fuels or increasing taxation …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… protecting the Amazon forest in order to sequester carbon has been estimated at around US$70 billion or 0.2 … such services include plant pollination, erosion control, carbon sequestration, regulation of water fl ows, and … and organizations in developed countries are keen to ‘offset’ their carbon footprint by investing in forest …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… in more and more sectors (agriculture, water supply, carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, etc.) and in … different ecosystem services in its definition, namely carbon sequestration, hydrological services, soil … donors and private companies, including carbon offset purchases (Pro- posta Proambiente 2003). However, this …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… and cooling the air through transpiration, trees help to offset the "heat island effect" of urban areas. Trees are … On the metropolitan scale, UPFG cleans the air and returns carbon to the soil. Under UNFCCC the international community … of the air through transpiration and that trees help to offset the "heat island effect" of urban areas. b) What kinds …