Climate change mitigation: A spatial analysis of global land suitability for clean development mechanism afforestation and reforestation

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-80

  Zomer, Robert J ^a   Trabucco, Antonio ^b,c   Bossio, Deborah A ^c   Verchot, Louis V ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Carbon; CDM AR; Climate change; Forests; Land use; Land use change; Reforestation; Spatial modeling; Trees

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ARIDITY; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE CHANGE; MITIGATION; REFORESTATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41349109725     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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