Carbon accounting for forest harvesting and wood products: Review and evaluation of different approaches

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-216

  Lim, B ^a   Brown, S ^b   Schlamadinger, B ^c  

^a OECD   (France)

^b WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon budgets; Carbon flows; Changes in carbon stock; Climate change; Forest harvesting; Greenhouse gas emissions; Kyoto Protocol; Wood products

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000307187     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(99)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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