Assessing carbon stocks using indigenous peoples' field measurements in Amazonian Guyana

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 338, Issue , 2015, Pages 191-199

  Butt, Nathalie ^a   Epps, Kimberly ^b   Overman, Han ^c   Iwamura, Takuya ^b   Fragoso, Jose M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon density; Guyana; Indigenous land management; Land cover satellite imagery; REDD+; Tree carbon stocks

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; RURAL AREAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

CARBON DENSITY; GUYANA; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENTS; REDD; TREE CARBONS;

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION TYPE;

CARBON; DENSITY; IMAGES; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; SATELLITES;

AMAZONIA; GUYANA; RUPUNUNI; UPPER TAKUTU-UPPER ESSEQUIBO;

EID: 84917734469     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.11.014     Document Type: Article

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