Costs of avoided deforestation as a climate change mitigation option

Avoided Deforestation: Prospects for Mitigating Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 11-38

  Grieg Gran, Maryanne ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860717393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880999     Document Type: Chapter

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