The cost of sequestering carbon on private forest lands

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-142

  Huang, Ching Hsun ^a   Kronrad, Gary D ^a  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cost of storing carbon; Faustmann formula; Financial compensation; Greenhouse gases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001245063     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9341(01)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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