Carbon sequestration through afforestation: Role of tropical industrial plantations

AMBIO

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 327-330

  Dabas, Manoj ^a,c,d   Bhatia, Shubhra ^b,c,d  

^a Ballarpur Industries Limited   (India)

^b Forest Biometrics   (India)

^c M 93 ^*  (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTATION; TROPICS;

EID: 0029662952     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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