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Why Forests? Why Now? : The Science, Economics, and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change /

Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time-averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The...

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Autor principal: Seymour, Frances
Autor Corporativo: Recorded Books, Inc
Otros Autores: Busch, Jonah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Alec Baldwin -- Foreword by Lord Nicholas Stern -- Preface by Nancy Birdsall -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Tropical Forests: A Large Share of Climate Emissions -- an Even Larger Share of Potential Emission Reducations -- Tropical Forests and Development: Contributions to Water, Energy, Agriculture, Health, Safety, and Adaptation -- Monitoring Tropical Forests: Advances in Tracking Emissions, Sequestration, and Safeguards -- Cheaper, Cooler, Faster: Reducing Tropical Deforestation for a More Cost-Effective Global Response to Climate Change -- Making Forests Worth More Alive than Dead: Carbon May Succeed Where Other Values Haven't -- How to Stop Deforestation: Experience from Brazil and Beyond -- Global Consumer Demand: A Big Footprint on Tropical Forests -- The International Politics of Deforestation and Climate Change: Two Problems with a Common Solution -- Forest Politics in Developing Countries: Tipping the Balance Away from Deforestation as Usual -- The Politics of REDD+ in Rich Countries: Broad Constituencies in Favor, Small but Vocal Opposition -- Finance for Tropical Forests: Too Low, Too Slow, Too Constrained as Aid -- Conclusion: A Closing Window of Opportunity -- Index -- Back Cover. 
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