Turning Carbon into Cash: Economic Model of Payments for Carbon Sequestration in the Dry Tropical Forest of Coastal Ecuador
Blare, Trent; Haro-Carrion, Xavier
2013

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of carbon payments on reforestation in coastal Ecuador. The model estimates that landowners would need to be paid between 13.59 US dollars to 41.81 US dollars per metric ton of carbon in order to be no worse off from reforesting a hectare of her land.

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Title
Turning Carbon into Cash: Economic Model of Payments for Carbon Sequestration in the Dry Tropical Forest of Coastal Ecuador
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Author(s)
Blare, Trent
Haro-Carrion, Xavier
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Issue Date
2013
Publication Type
Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.143088
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/143088
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/143088
Language
English
Page Range
21
Total Pages
21
Series Statement
Paper and the Control ID number assigned by the SAEA
Record Appears in
Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) > 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida

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