Preparing emission reporting from forests: Use of national forest inventories in European countries

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-88

  Cienciala, Emil ^a   Tomppo, Erkki ^a   Snorrason, Arnor ^a   Broadmeadow, Mark ^a   Colin, Antoine ^a   Dunger, Karsten ^a   Exnerova, Zuzana ^a   Lasserre, Bruno ^a   Petersson, Hans ^a   Priwitzer, Tibor ^a   Peña, Gerardo Sanchez ^a   Ståhl, Göran ^a  

^a Ustav pro vyzkum lesnich ekosystemu sro   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Forest carbon pools; Greenhouse gas inventory; Kyoto Protocol; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVENTORY CONTROL; LAND USE; SOILS;

FOREST CARBON POOLS; GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY; KYOTO PROTOCOLS;

FORESTRY;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE CHANGE;

FORESTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVENTORIES; LAND USE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 41549102043     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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