Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers, Forest Conservation and Climate Change - Hardcover

Irawan, Silvia; Tacconi, Luca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784716596 ISBN 13: 9781784716592

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers (IFTs) are an innovative way to create incentives for local public actors to support conservation. This book contributes to the debate about how to conserve tropical forests by implementing mechanisms for reducing deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+).

With Indonesia as a case study, the authors adopt an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on political science, economics, and public policy. They consider the theoretical justification, as well as the wider political and administrative context for developing the design of IFTs for conservation.

Students and scholars looking at conservation, ecological economics, decentralisation, forest policy and climate change will find this book to be of interest. It will also be of considerable use to policy-makers and practitioners working on forest policy, particularly those implementing REDD+.

About this title

About the Author

Silvia Irawan, Earth Innovation Institute, US and Luca Tacconi, The Australian National University, Canberra

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784716596
• ISBN 13: 9781784716592
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208