Potential for forest carbon plantings to offset greenhouse emissions in Australia: Economics and constraints to implementation

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-175

  Polglase, P J ^a   Reeson, A ^a   Hawkins, C S ^a   Paul, K I ^a   Siggins, A W ^a   Turner, J ^b   Crawford, D F ^a   Jovanovic, T ^a   Hobbs, T J ^c   Opie, K ^a   Carwardine, J ^a   Almeida, A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECONOMIC RETURNS; EMISSION REDUCTION; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; LONG-TERM PROJECTS; NET PRESENT VALUE; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; PLAUSIBLE ASSUMPTIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; PROFITABILITY;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISCOUNT RATE; FOREST; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; PROFITABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84887609240     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0882-5     Document Type: Article

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