Carbon sequestration by afforestation and revegetation as a means of limiting net-CO2 emissions in Iceland

Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-307

  Sigurdsson, Bjarni D ^a   Snorrason, Arnor ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Icelandic Forest Research   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Afforestation; ARD; C sequestration; Iceland; Mitigation; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042441111     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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