2.3.5. Avoided deforestation as a permanent
o&Get. Avoided deforestation can be treated in
a manner similar to fossil fuel substitution. Even
though the clearing of a given patch of forest
may be postponed for only one year, just as the
burning of a given ton of coal may be postponed
for only one year, the benefit can be considered
to be permanent. One is assuming that the
avoided deforestation does not create a repressed
demand for clearing that will be
compensated for in succeeding years with a
more rapid rate of felling. This assumption
appears reasonable under Brazilian conditions.