PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Plantinga, Andrew J.
AU  - Wu, JunJie
TI  - Co-Benefits from Carbon Sequestration in Forests: Evaluating Reductions in Agricultural Externalities from an Afforestation Policy in Wisconsin
AID  - 10.2307/3147106
DP  - 2003 Feb 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 74--85
VI  - 79
IP  - 1
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/79/1/74.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/79/1/74.full
SO  - Land Econ2003 Feb 01; 79
AB  - Besides climate change mitigation, policies encouraging the conversion of agricultural land to forest may generate additional environmental benefits. We estimate the reductions in agricultural externalities (soil erosion, nitrogen, and atrazine pollution) from an afforestation program in Wisconsin. Existing benefits estimates are used to quantify the value of reduced soil erosion and some benefits from enhanced wildlife habitat. These values are the same order of magnitude as the costs of the carbon sequestration policy, indicating that the co-benefits of forest carbon sinks are an important factor for countries to consider in designing a portfolio of climate mitigation strategies. (JEL Q23)