The theoretical battlefield: Accounting for the carbon benefits of maintaining Brazil's Amazon forest

Carbon Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-158

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECISION MAKING;

AMAZON FORESTS; AMAZONIA; ATTRIBUTE VALUES; CARBON ACCOUNTING; CARBON BENEFITS; DECISION MAKERS; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; CHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; NONMETALS;

EID: 84859143328     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.12.9     Document Type: Review

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