Comparison of registry methodologies for reporting carbon benefits for afforestation projects in the United States

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 490-504

  Pearson, Timothy R H ^a   Brown, Sandra ^a   Andrasko, Kenneth ^b  

^a WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Forest; Greenhouse gas

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ACCURACY; AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND USE; PLANTING DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGELAND; REGISTER; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48549091331     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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