Carbon sequestration in forests and soils

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-144

  Sedjo, Roger ^a   Sohngen, Brent ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; climate change; deforestation; forest management; GHGs; permanence; policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873128033     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-083110-115941     Document Type: Article

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