Carbon credits and the forest sector

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Guillaume Pajot Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics, 8-11, issue 41 Abstract: In the context of Kyoto Protocol, forests can be used to create carbon credits. Contrary to the energetic sector where emissions reductions are considered as definitive, managing forests to mitigate climate change has been crticised because of the risks of reversibility. Biological carbon sinks are said to be non permanent. So, how can we compare carbon emissions reductions to carbon sequestration by sinks? What is the value of the carbon credits issued from forestry? In this study, we consider the debate surrounding carbon credits attribution. As a first step, we recall methods that have been suggested. Results of a case study dealing with a forest located in southwestern France are presented in the second part of the paper. In a final discussion, we wonder about financial impact of different geopolitical strategies. Keywords: Biological sinks; sequestration non permanence; carbon sinks valuation.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers) References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc Citations Track citations by RSS feed Downloads: (external link) http://purl.umn.edu/198602 (application/pdf) Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:ssfesf:198602 Access Statistics for this article Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics is currently edited by May More articles in Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics from  Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics Contact information at EDIRC. Series data maintained by AgEcon Search (aesearch@umn.edu).

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