Soil Characteristics And Carbon Sequestration Potentials Of Vegetation In Degraded Hills Of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-71

  Barua, S K ^a   Haque, S M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Carbon sequestration; Chittagong District; Degraded hills; Present value of carbon revenue; Soil characteristics; Vegetated land uses

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHITTAGONG DISTRICT; DEGRADED HILLS; PRESENT VALUE; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS;

CARBON; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE; SOIL SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

ECONOMICS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REVEGETATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VEGETATION COVER;

BANGLADESH; CARBON; CHELATION; ECONOMICS; FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTS; SOIL; SURVEYS;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84872657076     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1107     Document Type: Article

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