Can carbon emissions from tropical deforestation drop by 50% in 5 years?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1336-1347

  Zarin, Daniel J ^a   Harris, Nancy L ^b   Baccini, Alessandro ^c   Aksenov, Dmitry ^d   Hansen, Matthew C ^e   Azevedo Ramos, Claudia ^f   Azevedo, Tasso ^g   Margono, Belinda A ^e,h   Alencar, Ane C ⁱ   Gabris, Chris ^j   Allegretti, Adrienne ^j   Potapov, Peter ^e   Farina, Mary ^c   Walker, Wayne S ^c   Shevade, Varada S ^e   Loboda, Tatiana V ^e   Turubanova, Svetlana ^e   Tyukavina, Alexandra ^e  

^a Climate and Land Use Alliance   (United States)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d The Transparent World   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^g Observatório do Clima   (Brazil)

^h Ministry of Forestry (MoF) of Indonesia   (Indonesia)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^j Blue Raster   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brazil; Carbon emissions; Deforestation; Forests; Indonesia; New York Declaration on Forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; GOVERNMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84959130700     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13153     Document Type: Article

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