Carbon protection and fire risk reduction: toward a full accounting of forest carbon offsets

Management of forests for carbon uptake is an important tool in the effort to slow the increase in atmospheric COâ and global warming. However, some current policies governing forest carbon credits actually promote avoidable COâ release and punish actions that would increase longâterm carbon s...

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Published in:	Frontiers in ecology and the environment Vol. 6; no. 9; pp. 493 - 498
Main Authors:	Hurteau, Matthew D, George W Koch, Bruce A Hungate
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ecological Society of America 01.11.2008
Subjects:	accounting biomass carbon carbon dioxide carbon markets carbon sequestration Concepts and Questions Coniferous forests Dry forests Forest ecology Forest fire management Forest fires Forest management Forest service Forest thinning forests global warming issues and policy managers risk reduction Trees United States Wildfires United States
ISSN:	1540-9295, 1540-9309
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