Elements of a certification system for forestry-based carbon offset projects

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-50

  Moura Costa, Pedro ^a   Stuart, Marc ^b   Pinard, Michelle ^d   Phillips, Gareth ^c  

^a EcoSecurities Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b EcoSecurities Ltd US   (United States)

^c SGS YICS   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Additionality; Baselines; Carbon sequestration; Certification; Risk; Sinks; Verification

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; FORESTRY; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0343303350     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009656501414     Document Type: Article

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