Potential carbon mitigation and income in developing countries from changes in use and management of agricultural and forest lands

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1797, 2002, Pages 1621-1639

  Niles, John O ^a   Brown, Sandra ^a   Pretty, Jules ^a   Ball, Andrew S ^a   Fay, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Deforestation; Ecosystem services; Forests and forestry; Sustainable agriculture; Tropical and sub tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; INCOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TREE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ASIA; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; INCOME; LATIN AMERICA; TREES;

EID: 0037103874     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1023     Document Type: Article

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