What contribution can tree plantations make towards meeting Australia's commitments under the Kyoto Protocol?

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 83-90

  Kirschbaum, Miko U F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon stocks; Forest; Greenhouse; Mitigation; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002128779     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1462-9011(00)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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