Design Options for a Tradeable Deforestation Permit Regime
A supplementary discussion document for the Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Consultation
The Government recently released a discussion document on options for a Plan of Action for Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change.
One of the options raised in the discussion document is to introduce a tradeable permit regime for deforestation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss in more detail how such a tradeable permit regime might be designed and implemented.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Detailed tradeable permit regime design questions
- Permit allocation issues
- Glossary
- Appendix 1 – illustrative example of the subsidised auction mechanism
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