Carbon Stock in Community Managed Hill Sal (Shorea robusta) Forests of Central Nepal

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 483-501

  Thapa Magar, Khum B ^a   Shrestha, Bharat B ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

allometric equation; biomass carbon stock; carbon accounting; management duration; Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; CARBON ACCOUNTING; CARBON STOCKS; FOREST DEGRADATION; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; LOCAL MANAGEMENT; REDUCING EMISSIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RAINFOREST;

NEPAL;

SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 84937514771     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2015.1031251     Document Type: Article

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