Managing production forests for timber production and carbon emission reductions under the REDD+ scheme

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-44

  Sasaki, Nophea ^a   Chheng, Kimsun ^b   Ty, Sokhun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b Forestry Administration   (Cambodia)

^c Ministry of Agriculture   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; ITTO; Logging wastes; Reduced impact logging; Wood wastes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CARBON CYCLE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; LOGGING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICS; WOOD;

EID: 84864796122     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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