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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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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
2016.
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Table des matières:
- 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.