Forests, carbon and global climate

Capturing Carbon and Conserving Biodiversity: The Market Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 15-41

  Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Meir, Patrick ^a   Brown, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 84925702157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770682     Document Type: Chapter

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