Would forestation alleviate the burden of emission reduction? An assessment of the future carbon sink from ARD activities

Climate Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-40

  Yamagata, Yoshiki ^a   Alexandrov, Georgii A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ARD activities; Carbon offset potential; Carbon stock model; Kyoto protocol; Land use change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000540048     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1469-3062(00)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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