Ecosystem management and land conservation can substantially contribute to California’s climate mitigation goals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 48, 2017, Pages 12833-12838

  Cameron, D Richard ^a   Marvin, David C ^a,b   Remucal, Jonathan M ^c   Passero, Michelle C ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Jonathan Remucal Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Avoided conversion; Carbon sequestration; Land use change; Natural lands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; SIMULATION; WETLAND; AGRICULTURE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 85035786548     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707811114     Document Type: Article

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