Risks to forest carbon offset projects in a changing climate

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2209-2216

  Galik, Christopher S ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon offsets; Climate change; Disturbance; Forest management; Risk

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; CARBON STORAGES; CHANGING CLIMATES; CLIMATE POLICIES; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; EXTREME WEATHERS; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURES; GHG MITIGATIONS; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; INSECT OUTBREAKS; LAND-USE DECISIONS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NATURAL DISTURBANCES; POLICY-MAKERS; PROJECT LEVELS; SILVICULTURAL STRATEGIES; STAND LEVELS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TRADING PROGRAMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); STORMS;

DECISION MAKING;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDOWNER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CLIMATES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LEAKAGE; METEOROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 64149104972     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.017     Document Type: Review

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