INESAD Mélissa Bellier

Environmental and socio-economic consequences of forest carbon payments in Bolivia: Results of the OSIRIS-Bolivia model

20 febrero, 2012 - Economía ambiental, Documentos de trabajo, Elizabeth Curran, Joaquin Mayorga, Jonah Busch, Juan Carlos Ledezma, Lykke E. Andersen, Mélissa Bellier Comentarios desactivados en Environmental and socio-economic consequences of forest carbon payments in Bolivia: Results of the OSIRIS-Bolivia model

ABSTRACT: Bolivia has significant potential to abate climate change by reducing deforestation. This opportunity presents economic and environmental tradeoffs. While these tradeoffs have been hotly debated, they have as yet been the subject of little quantitative analysis. We introduce the OSIRIS-Bolivia model to provide a quantitative basis for decision-making. OSIRIS-Bolivia …