Reference emission levels for REDD: Implications of four different approaches applied to past period's forest area development in 84 countries

Landbauforschung Volkenrode

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 119-130

  Leischner, Bettina ^a   Elsasser, Peter ^a  

^a Forestry and Fisheries   (Germany)

Author keywords

Method; REDD; Reference emission level

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956967156     PISSN: 04586859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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