A virtual "field test" of forest management carbon offset protocols: The influence of accounting

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 677-690

  Galik, Christopher S ^a   Mobley, Megan L ^a   de Richter, Daniel B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon offsets; Carbon sequestration; Forest management; Offset markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961178965     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-009-9190-9     Document Type: Article

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