Changes in forest production, biomass and carbon: Results from the 2015 UN FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 352, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-34

  Köhl, Michael ^a   Lasco, Rodel ^b   Cifuentes, Miguel ^c   Jonsson, Örjan ^d   Korhonen, Kari T ^e   Mundhenk, Philip ^a   de Jesus Navar, Jose ^f   Stinson, Graham ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)   (Philippines)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^g NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Forest Resources Assessment 2015; Growing stock; Production area; Removals; Wood fuel

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURAL RESOURCES; REMOVAL; WOOD FUELS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS; FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENTS; GROWING STOCKS; PRODUCTION AREA; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST RESOURCE; FUELWOOD; NATIONAL ECONOMY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CARBON; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST PRODUCTS; FUELS; PRODUCTION;

EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84941125631     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.05.036     Document Type: Article

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