Influence of carbon mapping and land change modelling on the prediction of carbon emissions from deforestation

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-336

  Gutierrez Velez, Victor Hugo ^a,c   Pontius, Robert Gilmore ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Centre on Ecosystems and Global Change (Carbono and Bosques)   (Colombia)

Author keywords

accuracy; allocation; Amazonia; climate change mitigation; forest conservation; quantity; REDD; reference emissions levels; scenarios; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; MAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ALLOCATION; AMAZONIA; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; FOREST CONSERVATION; QUANTITY; REDUCING CARBON EMISSION FROM DEFORESTATION AND DEGRADATION; REFERENCE EMISSIONS LEVELS; SCENARIO; UNCERTAINTY;

DEFORESTATION;

EID: 84868285893     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000173     Document Type: Article

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