Review article - Peer-reviewed, 2017
A Review of Carbon Forest Development in China
Zhou, Wei; Gong, Peichen; Gao, LanAbstract
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 forestPublished in
Forests2017, volume: 8, number: 8, article number: 295
Authors' information
Zhou, Wei
South China Agricultural University
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Economics
Gao, Lan
South China Agricultural University
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG13 Climate action
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Food Science
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f8080295
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/87063