Carbon estimation in harvested wood products using a country-specific method: Portugal as a case study

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-259

  Dias, Ana Cláudia ^a   Louro, Margarida ^a   Arroja, Luís ^a   Capela, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accounting approaches; Carbon; Estimation method; Greenhouse gas inventories; Harvested wood products; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCERTAINTY; WOOD;

EID: 34047178364     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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