Global economic potential for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from mangrove loss

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 14369-14374

  Siikamäki, Juha ^a   Sanchirico, James N ^a,b   Jardine, Sunny L ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon markets; Deforestation; Ecosystem services; Emission offsets; Land based carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84865959210     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200519109     Document Type: Article

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