Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16757
Title: Benefits and costs of deforestation by smallholders: Implications for forest conservation and climate policy
Contributor(s): Cacho, Oscar J  (author)orcid ; Milne, Sarah (author); Gonzalez, Ricardo (author); Tacconi, Luca (author)
Publication Date: 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.012
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16757
Abstract: Deforestation is a leading cause of biodiversity loss and an important source of global carbon emissions. This means that there are important synergies between climate policy and conservation policy. The highest rates of deforestation occur in tropical countries, where much of the land at the forest frontier is managed informally by smallholders and where governance systems tend to be weak. These features must be considered when designing policies to reduce emissions from deforestation such as REDD +. Deforestation is often accompanied by fires that release large amounts of carbon dioxide. These emissions are especially high in the case of peatlands which contain thick layers of carbon-rich matter. In this paper we derive marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves using data from a farmer survey in Sumatra, where rates of peatland deforestation are high. Comparing these results with farmers' stated willingness to accept payment not to clear forest to establish oil palm suggests that REDD + policies may be more expensive than MAC estimates suggest The extent to which this is true depends on the types of soils being deforested.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Ecological Economics, v.107, p. 321-332
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Place of Publication: Netherlands
ISSN: 1873-6106
0921-8009
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 140205 Environment and Resource Economics
050202 Conservation and Biodiversity
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 380105 Environment and resource economics
410401 Conservation and biodiversity
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960302 Climate Change Mitigation Strategies
910206 Market-Based Mechanisms
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 190301 Climate change mitigation strategies
150506 Market-based mechanisms
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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