Does the Opportunity Cost Approach Indicate the Real Cost of REDD+ ?

Author: Hans Gregersen Rights and Resources Hosny El Lakany Alain Karsenty Andy White

Date: September 7, 2010

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    The focus of this paper is that thecontextual issues influencing the adequacy and appropriateness of opportunity cost as a proxy for payments required to get successful REDD+ can be major ones in most tropical developing countries; and resolving them can be expensive and timeconsuming.