Tropical forests and climate policy

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5827, 2007, Pages 985-986

  Gullison, Raymond E ^a   Frumhoff, Peter C ^b   Canadell, Josep G ^c   Field, Christopher B ^d   Nepstad, Daniel C ^e   Hayhoe, Katharine ^f   Avissar, Roni ^g   Curran, Lisa M ^h   Friedlingstein, Pierre ⁱ   Jones, Chris D ^j   Nobre, Carlos ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Duke University   (United States)

^h Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

ⁱ LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^j MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; FORESTRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC POLICY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 34249107080     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136163     Document Type: Short Survey

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