Spatial optimization of carbon-stocking projects across Africa integrating stocking potential with co-benefits and feasibility

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Greve, Michelle ^a,b   Reyers, Belinda ^c   Mette Lykke, Anne ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GROUND WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INVESTMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAMMAL; RAIN FOREST; REFORESTATION; REPTILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; ZONATION;

AFRICA;

AFRICA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84890910060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3975     Document Type: Article

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