Role of forest products in the global carbon cycle: From the forest to final disposal

Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 257-282

  Larson, Christopher ^a   Chatellier, Jeffrey ^b   Lifset, Reid ^c   Graedel, Thomas ^c  

^a New Island Capital   (United States)

^b Forest Carbon Ltd   (Indonesia)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WOOD PRODUCTS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; END OF LIFE MANAGEMENTS; END OF LIVES; FINAL DISPOSALS; FOREST PRODUCTS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HARVESTED WOOD PRODUCTS; SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84869210706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2232-3_12     Document Type: Chapter

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