Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests Can Reduce Carbon Emissions and Stabilize Timber Production

Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests Can Reduce Carbon Emissions and Stabilize Timber Production

The REDD+ scheme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has provided opportunities to manage tropical forests for timber production and carbon emission reductions. To determine the appropriate logging techniques, we analyzed potential timber production and carbon emission reduc...

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Main Authors: Nophea Sasaki, Gregory Paul Asner, Yude Pan, Wolfgang Knorr, Patrick B. Durst, Hwan Ok Ma, Issei Abe, Andrew John Lowe, Lian Pin Koh, Francis E. Putz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
carbon emissions
REDD
timber production
selective logging
Forest degradation
Production forest
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2016.00050/full

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