Accounting for carbon sequestration and its implications for land-use change and forestry projects

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cacho, Oscar ^a   Hean, Robyn ^b   Karanja, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Carbon accounting; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sinks; Climate change; Forestry; Land use change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891597852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20083077     Document Type: Review

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