Projected us timber and primary forest product market impacts of climate change mitigation through timber set-asides

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-255

  Nepal, Prakash ^a,b   Ince, Peter J ^b   Skog, Kenneth E ^b   Chang, Sun J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CARBON MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; FOREST LANDOWNERS; TIMBER HARVESTS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPENDITURE; LANDOWNER; SET-ASIDE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875869210     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0331     Document Type: Article

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