Implementation and opportunity costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania

• DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1119
• Publication Date: 2011-05-27T10:01:13Z
• Authors: Brendan Fisher; Simon L. Lewis; Neil D. Burgess; Rogers E. Malimbwi; Panteleo K. Munishi; Ruth D. Swetnam; R. Kerry Turner; Simon Willcock; Andrew Balmford
• Keywords: 580; 330; 13. Climate action; 11. Sustainability; 1. No poverty; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences; 12. Responsible consumption

Preventing deforestation—a key goal of international climate policy—can incur an opportunity cost for local communities who depend on forest resources for their livelihoods. A study compares the cost of carbon conservation through forest protection with that of a scheme that directly alleviates the demand for forest conversion.