Economic impacts of carbon sequestration in reforestation: Examples from boreal and moist tropical conditions

Silva Fennica

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 269-278

  Niskanen, Anssi ^a,b   Saastamoinen, Olli ^a   Rantala, Tapio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal; Carbon; Environment; Finland; Philippines; Plantation forestry; Profitability; Tropical

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MOIST TROPICAL FOREST; REFORESTATION;

FINLAND; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0030435501     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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