Emission Removal Capability of India's Forest and Tree Cover

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-72

  Kishwan, Jagdish ^a   Pandey, Rajiv ^a   Dadhwal, V K ^b  

^a Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Forest Carbon Stocks; GHG Emissions; Mitigation; REDD+

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; SOIL CARBON; TREE;

INDIA;

EID: 84857796806     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-011-9168-9     Document Type: Article

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