Estimating baseline carbon emissions for the Eastern Panama Canal Watershed

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-348

  Dale, Virginia H ^a   Brown, Sandra ^b   Calderón, Magnolia O ^c   Montoya, Arizmendis S ^c   Martínez, Raúl E ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Winrock International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Carbon baselines; Carbon benefits; Land cover change; Panama; Regional analyses; Spatial projections; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION CONTROL; LAND USE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL ZONE;

EID: 0348224005     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MITI.0000005613.85127.3f     Document Type: Article

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