The economics of carbon sequestration through pest management: application to forested landbases in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan, Canada

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 525-534

  Slaney, G L ^a   Lantz, V A ^a   MacLean, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon credits; Carbon sequestration; Costs and benefits; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT/COST RATIOS; CARBON CREDITS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DISCOUNTED COSTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT AREAS; FOREST MANAGERS; NET PRESENT VALUE; PEST MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM SIZE; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY;

FORESTRY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CARBON; CHELATION; COSTS; DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY; PICEA;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 70349333529     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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