Stakeholders of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offset Projects in China: An Empirical Analysis
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Climate change is one of the defining challenges facing the planet.
Voluntary forest carbon offset project which has the potential to boost forest carbon storage and mitigate global warming has aroused the global concern.
The objective of this paper is to model the game situation and analyze the game behaviors of stakeholders of voluntary forest carbon offset projects in China.
A stakeholder model and a Power-Benefit Matrix are constructed to analyze the roles, behaviors, and conflicts of stakeholders including farmers, planting entities, communities, government, and China Green Carbon Foundation.
The empirical analysis results show that although the stakeholders have diverse interests and different goals, a win-win solution is still possible through their joint participation and compromise in the voluntary forest carbon offset project.
A wide governance structure laying emphasis on benefit balance, equality, and information exchanges and being regulated by all stakeholders has been constructed.
It facilitates the agreement among the stakeholders with conflicting or different interests.
The joint participation of stakeholders in voluntary forest carbon offset projects might change the government-dominated afforestation/reforestation into a market, where all participators including government are encouraged to cooperate with each other to improve the condition of fund shortage and low efficiency.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lin, Derong& Lin, Yingzhi. 2015. Stakeholders of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offset Projects in China: An Empirical Analysis. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052756
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lin, Derong& Lin, Yingzhi. Stakeholders of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offset Projects in China: An Empirical Analysis. Advances in Meteorology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052756
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lin, Derong& Lin, Yingzhi. Stakeholders of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offset Projects in China: An Empirical Analysis. Advances in Meteorology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052756
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1052756