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The Future of Forests: Emissions from Tropical Deforestation With and Without a Carbon Price, 2016-2050

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  • Jonah Busch
  • Jens Engelmann

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The future of tropical deforestation is projected from 2016-2050 with and without carbon pricing policies, based on 18 million observations of historical forest loss spanning 101 tropical countries.

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  • Jonah Busch & Jens Engelmann, 2015. "The Future of Forests: Emissions from Tropical Deforestation With and Without a Carbon Price, 2016-2050," Working Papers id:7819, eSocialSciences.
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