Gong, Peichen
- Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of China's climate mitigation policy related to the forestry sector, with a special focus on the development of carbon forests which are established to mitigate climate change. A total of 3.5 million ha of carbon forest were planted in the past decade. In recent years, the number of Voluntary Emission Reduction forest carbon projects has increased rapidly. The main challenges for future development of carbon forests under market mechanisms include increasing costs, uncertainty in the future supply and demand for China-certified emission reduction, and potential disputes between households and project developers.
Keywords
climate change; forestry; carbon forest
Published in
Forests
2017, volume: 8, number: 8, article number: 295
SLU Authors
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Food Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f8080295
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/87063