Improved tropical forest management for carbon retention
Using reduced-impact timber-harvesting practices in legally logged tropical forests would reduce global carbon emissions by 0.16 Gt/year at a modest cost and with little risk of "leakage" (increased carbon emissions elsewhere).
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19913 |
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