Efficacy of carbon and bioenergy markets in mitigating carbon emissions on reforested lands: A case study from Southern United States

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-9

  Dwivedi, Puneet ^a   Khanna, Madhu ^b   Sharma, Ajay ^c   Susaeta, Andres ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoided carbon emissions; Carbon market; Carbon sequestration; Forest management; Rotation ages; Southern United States; Wood based bioenergy development

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ROTATION; TIMBER; WOOD;

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON MARKETS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOUTHERN UNITED STATES;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; CHELATION; EMISSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MARKETING;

EID: 84961199369     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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