This paper conceptualizes the REDD+ policy framework as the world's largest experiment in
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). REDD+ promotes the commodification of …

The agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector is responsible for approximately
25% of anthropogenic GHG emissions mainly from deforestation and agricultural emissions …

Forest carbon enhancement provides a low-cost opportunity in climate policy, but needs
efficient policy design to be implemented. This paper reviews studies in economics on …

Every year from 2000 to 2010, our planet lost native forests roughly the size of Costa Rica.
This rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's …

Fires are increasingly responsible for forest degradation in the humid tropics due to the
expansion of fire-dependent agriculture, fragmentation, intensive logging practices and …

Policy makers, academics, and conservationists often posit that poor coordination between
different land use sectors, and between levels of governance, as an underlying challenge for …

This paper addresses the role of neoclassical methodologies in ecological economics and
the contradictions these methodologies pose to the field's critical founding principles. We …

Focusing on incentive schemes that induce participation in land-use activities to supply
environmental services, this paper examines the potential impacts of REDD+ on livelihoods …

Compensating forest users for the opportunity costs of foregoing deforestation and
degradation was one of the original distinguishing features of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions …

The Indonesian government has implemented specific measures that have negatively
impacted the environmental sector to enhance economic growth. In response to worldwide …