Estimating leakage from forest carbon sequestration programs

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Leakage from forest carbon sequestrationthe amount of a program's direct carbon benefits undermined by carbon releases elsewheredepends critically on demanders' ability to substitute non-reserved timber for timber targeted by the program. Analytic, econometric, and sector-level optimization models are combined to estimate leakage from different forest carbon sequestration activities. Empirical estimates for the U.S. show leakage ranges from minimal (<10 percent) to enormous (>90 percent), depending on the activity and region. These results suggest that leakage effects should not be ignored in accounting for the net level of greenhouse gas offsets from land use change and forestry mitigation activities.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Research Report ; No. 2004-3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Forestry ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land
• Subject: forestry ; climate change mitigation ; land use change

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Murray, Brian C. ; McCarl, Bruce A. ; Lee, Heng-Chi
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
• (where): London (Ontario)
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/70427
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