<<Biblioteca Digital del Portal<<INTERAMER<<Serie Educativa<<Sustainable Development in Latin America: Financing and Policies Working in Synergy
Colección: INTERAMER
Número: 69
Año: 2000
Autor: Ramón López and Juan Carlos Jordán, Editors
Título: Sustainable Development in Latin America: Financing and Policies Working in Synergy
WHY LATIN AMERICA SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL TRADE
IN CARBON EMISSIONS:
CARBON TRADE AS A SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Ramón López and Claudia Ocaña*
- Introduction
- Overview of Deforestation in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Growth Patterns, Institutions and Environmental Demand
- The Potential Benefits of Trade in Carbon Emissions
- FIGURE 1
- Flow of Resources in a Carbon Trade Scenario: A Regional Overview
- TABLE 3
- FIGURE 2
- TABLE 4
- Potential Gains From Participating in a Global Carbon-Trade Market: An Illustration for Peru
- Implementation
- TABLE 5
- FIGURE 3
- Conclusions
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
* Ramón López is a Professor and Claudia Ocaña is a
PhD candidate at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the
University of Maryland, College Park, USA.