Adopt a carbon tax to protect tropical forests

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 578; no. 7794; pp. 213 - 216
• Main Authors: Barbier, Edward B., Lozano, Ricardo, Rodríguez, Carlos Manuel, Troëng, Sebastian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.02.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158; 704/106/694; 706/134; 706/648/453; Agriculture - ethics; Animals; Biodiversity; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Carbon emissions; Carbon taxes; Climate change; Colombia; Comment; Conservation of Natural Resources - economics; Conservation of Natural Resources - legislation & jurisprudence; Costa Rica; Deforestation; Emission measurements; Emissions; Emissions control; Endangered Species; Environmental aspects; Environmental impact; Forestry - economics; Forestry - ethics; Forests; Forests and forestry; Fossil fuels; Fossil Fuels - economics; Global Warming - economics; Global Warming - prevention & control; Goals; Greenhouse gases; Humanities and Social Sciences; International Cooperation - legislation & jurisprudence; multidisciplinary; Paris Agreement; Politics; Protection and preservation; Rainforest; Renewable energy; Science; Soil - chemistry; Taxes - legislation & jurisprudence; Tropical Climate; Tropical forests; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; India; Policy; Climate change; Ecology; Developing world
• ISSN: 0028-0836; 1476-4687
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00324-w

A levy on fossil fuels can support and restore ecosystems that help to stem climate change. A levy on fossil fuels can support and restore ecosystems that help to stem climate change. A man rides a horse through rainforest in the Bribri indigenous territory in the Talamanca mountains, Costa Rica