Viability of carbon offset-generating afforestation projects in boreal Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-76

  Biggs, Jeffrey ^a   Laaksonen Craig, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Boreal Ontario; Carbon sequestration; Kyoto Protocol

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BOREAL ONTARIO; KYOTO PROTOCOL (KP); TIMMINS MANAGEMENT UNIT;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

CARBON; FORESTATION; INVESTMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33644510099     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc82070-1     Document Type: Review

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