Avoided deforestation as a greenhouse gas mitigation tool: Economic issues

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1368-1375

  Sohngen, Brent ^a   Beach, Robert H ^b   Andrasko, Kenneth ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES;

ECONOMIC ISSUES; GHG EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

GASES;

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; TROPICS;

FORESTRY; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; TROPICS;

EID: 47249136500     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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