Filer, ColinWood, Michael2015-12-100300-7839http://hdl.handle.net/1885/68339This paper shows how the prospect of a forest carbon market in Papua New Guinea added a new element of instability to national forest policy and property processes that were already moving in contradictory directions. In particular we examine attempts byKeywords: climate change; dissolution; emissions trading; forest management; forestry policy; landowner; property rights; Papua New Guinea Carbon trade; Forest policy; Papua New Guinea; Property rights201210.1007/s10745-012-9531-22016-02-24