Reconciling timber provision with carbon sequestration opportunities in the tropical forests of Central America

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1091-1102

  Khatun, Kaysara ^a  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecosystem goods and services; Forests; REDD+; Timber

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

EID: 82655181969     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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