Forest Carbon Practices and Low Carbon Development in China - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811373639 ISBN 13: 9789811373633

Verlag: Springer, 2019

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This is the first book illustrating China’s forest carbon projects. It includes an analysis of the policy and future development trends of China’s forest carbon market and showcases the country’s most representative forest carbon projects. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for all policymakers and researchers interested in forest carbon, as well as project developers and engineers involved in forest carbon projects.

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Professor Zhi Lu received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Life Sciences from Peking University, Beijing in 1985, 1989 and 1992, respectively. She is currently the executive director of Peking University Center for Nature and Society. Prof. Lu's studied endangered wildlife including the giant panda in mountains of southwestern China, the snow leopard and large mammals on the Tibetan Plateau. In recent years she became interested in observing the interaction between the natural and social systems and provide scientific evidences to support policies and practices in nature conservation and sustainable development in China. She also deeply involved in conservation practices including founding a Chinese NGO, Shanshui Conservation Center.

Dr. Xiaoquan Zhang has been involved in research on the impacts of climate change on forestry and adaptation strategies, carbon accounting relevant to land use change and forestry (LUCF) activities, and methodological and project development under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) and Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). He has published over 100 academic papers in national and international journals, and 11 books.

Mr. Jian Ma is the founder and vice president of the Paradise International Foundation. He has worked for the Nature Conservancy’s Forest Carbon Program for 12 years. Under his leadership, the team has developed 4 forest carbon projects, which have restored 10,000 forests in China’s biodiversity hotspots. Mr. Jian Ma also leads TNC’s science team, working with the Ministry of Environmental Protection to define China’s biodiversity roadmap for 2010–2030.  

Mr. Caifu Tang, a senior forestry engineer, is mainly engaged in forestry carbon sequestration development and implementation, forestry carbon sequestration potential evaluation and development planning, as well as community forestry work.

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This is the first book illustrating China’s forest carbon projects. It includes an analysis of the policy and future development trends of China’s forest carbon market and showcases the country’s most representative forest carbon projects. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for all policymakers and researchers interested in forest carbon, as well as project developers and engineers involved in forest carbon projects.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9811373639
• ISBN 13: 9789811373633
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310
• Herausgeber: Lu Zhi, Zhang Xiaoquan, Ma Jian, Tang Caifu
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