An inventory-based procedure to estimate economic costs of forest management on a regional scale to conserve and sequester atmospheric carbon

Ecological Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-49

  Lewis, David K ^a   Turner, David P ^b   Winjum, Jack K ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Economic costs; Forest management; Global climate change

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

USA;

EID: 0029667381     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(95)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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