Carbon sequestration potential of parkland agroforestry in the Sahel

Climatic Change

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 443-461

  Luedeling, Eike ^a   Neufeldt, Henry ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; AGROFORESTRY; BENEFIT SHARING; BIOCARBON; BUSINESS MODELS; CARBON PRICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL; CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FARM SIZE; NET PRESENT VALUE; UNCERTAIN CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PROFITABILITY;

CARBON;

AGROFORESTRY; ARIDITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MITIGATION; PROFITABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84869083303     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0438-0     Document Type: Article

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