The Kyoto Protocol: Provisions and unresolved issues relevant to land-use change and forestry

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-327

  Schlamadinger, Bernhard ^a   Marland, Gregg ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Carbon accounting; Carbon sinks; Deforestation; Forestry; Kyoto Protocol; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000025057     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(98)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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