Policy coherence in climate change mitigation: An ecosystem service approach to forests as carbon sinks and bioenergy sources

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-162

  Makkonen, Marika ^a,b   Huttunen, Suvi ^a   Primmer, Eeva ^a   Repo, Anna ^a   Hildén, Mikael ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Carbon sequestration; Climate change mitigation; Ecosystem services; Forest; Policy coherence

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON; CHELATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS;

EID: 84919460148     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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