Selective logging emissions and potential emission reductions from reduced-impact logging in the Congo Basin

•We quantified baseline selective logging emissions in DRC, Gabon and Republic of Congo.•Selective logging transfered up to 9% of live AGB and BGB tree carbon biomass into necromass.•No significant difference between FSC and non-certified concessions.•Logging emissions represented 40% of total emiss...

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Published in:	Forest ecology and management Vol. 437; pp. 360 - 371
Main Authors:	Umunay, Peter M., Gregoire, Timothy G., Gopalakrishna, Trisha, Ellis, Peter W., Putz, Francis E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 01.04.2019
Subjects:	basins biomass business enterprises carbon carbon sinks Climate change mitigation deforestation emissions felling forest management forest policy forests Gabon REDD statistics Tropical forestry Tropical silviculture Gabon Tropical forestry Climate change mitigation REDD Tropical silviculture
ISSN:	0378-1127, 1872-7042
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