The economic value of selling carbon credits from restored forests: A case study from the navajo nation's tribal forests

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Huang, Ching Hsun ^a   Sorensen, Christopher ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting method; Ecological restoration treatment; Forest project's reversal risk rating; Native American tribal forests; Net present worth analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; RESTORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIMBER;

CARBON ACCOUNTING; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; NATIVE AMERICANS; NET PRESENT; RISK RATINGS;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HAZARDS; LAKES; PLANNING; PROFITABILITY; RESTORATION;

EID: 78651413147     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/26.1.37     Document Type: Article

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