Harmonizing greenhouse gas reporting from European forests: Case examples and implications for European union level reporting

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-256

  Dunger, Karsten ^a   Petersson, Sven Hans Olof ^b   Barreiro, Susana ^c   Cienciala, Emil ^d   Colin, Antoine ^e   Hylen, Gro ^f   Kusar, Gal ^g   Oehmichen, Katja ^a   Tomppo, Erkki ^h   Tuomainen, Tarja ^b   Ståhl, Göran ^b  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d Ustav pro vyzkum lesnich ekosystemu sro   (Czech Republic)

^e French National Forest Inventory   (France)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^h FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Greenhouse gas emissions; Harmonization; Methodology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LAND USE;

CARBON STOCKS; EMISSIONS REPORTING; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FIELD INVENTORIES; GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING; HARMONIZATION; METHODOLOGY; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON; EMISSION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84862684172     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.10-064     Document Type: Article

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