The potential of Brazil's forest sector for mitigating global warming under the kyoto protocol

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 355-372

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; CDM; Clean development mechanism; Deforestation; Emissions trading; Global warming; Kyoto protocol

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0035702975     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013379103245     Document Type: Review

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