A review of methods to measure and monitor historical carbon emissions from forest degradation

Unasylva

Volumn 62, Issue 238, 2011, Pages 16-24

  Herold, M ^a   Roman Cuesta R M ^b   Heymell, V ^b   Hirata, Y ^c   Van Laake, P ^d   Asner, G P ^e   Souza, C ^f   Avitabile, V ^a   MacDicken, K ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UN REDD Viet Naam Programme   (Viet Nam)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f IMAZON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST;

EID: 84859312807     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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