Measuring leakage from carbon projects in open economies: A stop timber harvesting project in Bolivia as a case study

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 829-839

  Sohngen, Brent ^a   Brown, Sandra ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

CARBON EMISSIONS; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

CARBON EMISSION; LEAKAGE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CARBON; EMISSION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LUMBER;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042555525     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-249     Document Type: Article

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