Financial feasibility of increasing carbon sequestration in harvested wood products in Mississippi

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-106

  Nepal, Prakash ^a,b   Grala, Robert K ^a   Grebner, Donald L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Compensation; Financial feasibility; Net present value; Rotation age; Wood products

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY; FINANCIAL VIABILITY; FOREST LANDOWNERS; FOREST ROTATION; HARVESTED WOOD PRODUCTS; LOBLOLLY PINE; LOBLOLLY PINE STANDS; MISSISSIPPI; NET PRESENT VALUE; PINUS TAEDA; PRESENT VALUE; SAWLOGS; SEQUESTERING CARBON; STANDING TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; ROTATION;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHELATION; FINANCE; HARVESTING; MISSISSIPPI; PINUS TAEDA; ROTATION; SAW LOGS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 80255131348     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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