Monitoring and estimating tropical forest carbon stocks: making REDD a reality

14 de agosto de 2007

ago 14, 2007

Holly K Gibbs, Sandra Brown, John O Niles, Jonathan A Foley

 

The article synthesizes, maps and updates prominent forest biomass carbon databases to create the first complete set of national-level forest carbon stock estimates. These forest carbon estimates expand on the default values recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Guidelines and provide a range of globally consistent estimates.

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