Carbon sequestration in forests: Potential and incremental costs

India and Global Climate Change: Perspectives on Economics and Policy from a Developing Country

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 166-194

  Gundimeda, Haripriya S ^a  

^a MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (India)

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EID: 67749104190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781936331710     Document Type: Chapter

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