Managing afforestation and reforestation for carbon sequestration: Considerations for land managers and policy makers

Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 227-255

  Hodgman, Thomas ^a   Munger, Jacob ^a   Hall, Jefferson S ^b   Ashton, Mark S ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; REFORESTATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; LAND MANAGERS; LATIN AMERICA; NATURAL SECONDARY FORESTS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TEMPERATE REGIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84881182261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2232-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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