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SUBMITTER: Wu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5504068 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wu Huili H Xiang Wenhua W Fang Xi X Lei Pifeng P Ouyang Shuai S Deng Xiangwen X
Scientific reports 20170710 1
Forests contain one of the world's largest carbon (C) pools and represent opportunities for cost-effective climate change mitigation through programmes such as the United Nations-led "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation" Programme (REDD). Generic estimates for the conversion of forest biomass into C stock are not sufficiently accurate for assessing the utility of harvesting forest to offset carbon dioxide emissions, currently under consideration by the REDD Programme. We ...[more]