Ecological implications of village bamboo as global climate change mitigation strategy: A case study in Barak Valley, Assam, North East India

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-215

  Nath, Arun Jyoti ^a   Das, Ashesh Kumar ^a  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; Climate change; Environmental sustainability; India; Village bamboos

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWTH RATE; HOME GARDEN; MITIGATION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SAMPLING; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; VILLAGE;

ASSAM; BARAK VALLEY; INDIA;

BAMBUSA;

EID: 84864559471     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568691211223169     Document Type: Article

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