Modelling the potential impacts of land use/cover change on terrestrial carbon stocks in north-west Morocco

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 560-570

  Maanan, M ^a,b   Karim, M ^a   Ait Kacem, H ^a   Ajrhough, S ^a   Rueff, H ^c   Snoussi, M ^d   Rhinane, H ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; economic value; Ecosystem services; global climate regulation; InVEST model; mapping stock dynamics; spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVELIHOOD; MITIGATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRADE-OFF;

MOROCCO;

EID: 85067846789     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2019.1633706     Document Type: Article

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