Land-use changes, forest/soil conditions and carbon sequestration dynamics: A bio-economic model at watershed level in Nepal

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-170

  Upadhyay, Thakur Prasad ^a,b   Solberg, Birger ^a   Sankhayan, Prem Lall ^a   Shahi, Chander ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon value; Dynamic bio economic model; Forest and soil; Himalayan region; Land clearing; Land use; Scenario analyses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FOREST COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL HORIZON; WATERSHED;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84879167070     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-011-9123-z     Document Type: Article

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