Forestry carbon sequestration: Alternative perspective

Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 133-141

  Fuss, Sabine ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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EID: 84876680493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511779015     Document Type: Chapter

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