Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are ways of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. A review of the workings of carbon markets, both based on the Kyoto Protocol and voluntary participation, provides a base from which to explore forestry's role. Emphasis is on acknowledging how forests' idiosyncrasies affect the design of markets for sequestered carbon. Chapters range from the role of forests in providing...