Enhancing forest carbon sequestration in China: Toward an integration of scientific and socio-economic perspectives

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 515-523

  Chen, J M ^a   Thomas, S C ^a   Yin, Y ^b   Maclaren, V ^a   Liu, J ^c   Pan, J ^a   Liu, G ^c   Tian, Q ^d   Zhu, Q ^e   Pan, J J ^f   Shi, X ^g   Xue, J ^h   Kang, E ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^h NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon Sequestration; China's forests; Integrated assessment; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA FOREST; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; FOREST CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION; REMOTE-SENSING; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

REFORESTATION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34548829400     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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