An amazon perspective on the forest-climate connection: Opportunity for climate mitigation, conservation and development?

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 163-174

  Carvalho, Georgia ^a,b   Moutinho, Paulo ^b   Nepstad, Daniel ^a,b   Mattos, Luciano ^b   Santilli, Márcio ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Climate change; Deforestation; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use change

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0842287447     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENVI.0000003635.86980.c0     Document Type: Article

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