An economic approach to planting trees for carbon storage

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages

  Parks, Peter J ^a   Hall, David O ^b   Kriström, Bengt ^c   Masera, Omar R ^d   Moulton, Robert J ^e   Plantinga, Andrew J ^f   Swisher, Joël N ^g   Winjum, Jack K ^h  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e International Programs   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Forests; Global change; Plantations; Project evaluation; Tree planting

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; PROJECT APPRAISAL; TREE PLANTING;

BIOENERGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; POLICY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031414611     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389709388507     Document Type: Review

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