The situations and potentials of forest carbon sinks and employment creation from afforestation in China

International Forestry Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-255

  Shuifa, Ke ^a,b,c   Wagner, John E ^b   Zhou, Li ^c   Yali, Wen ^a   Yan, Zheng ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

afforestation; carbon sinks; China; employment creation; scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; FOREST COVER; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT);

CHINA;

EID: 77957742636     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.12.3.247     Document Type: Article

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