Deforestation and Climate Change

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By Ross W. Gorte (au); Pervaze A. Sheikh (au)
Year: 2010
Pages: 41
Binding Paperback
ISBN 1437931812

Product Code: 1437931812

Description

Contents: (I) Congressional Interest; (II) Forests and Climate: Forest Cover: Linkages Between Forests and Climate: Soil Impacts: Wood Utilization/Wood Waste; Burning — Natural and Anthropogenic; Other Relationships Between Deforestation and Climate Change; (III)
Boreal Forests: Causes of Boreal Deforestation; Climate Consequences of Possible Boreal Deforestation; (IV) Temperate Forests: Causes of Temperate Deforestation; Climate Consequences of Possible Temperate Deforestation; (V) Tropical Forests: Causes of Tropical Deforestation: Road Building; Agriculture; Wood Extraction;
Governance; Regional Drivers of Deforestation: Latin America, including Amazonia; Tropical Africa; Southeast Asia; Climate Consequences of Tropical Deforestation; (VI) Reducing Deforestation:
Tree Planting to Offset Deforestation?; Market Solutions; Forest Carbon Markets; Markets for Ecosystem Services and Non-Timber Forest Products; Certified Sustainable Forestry; Governance Issues; (VII) Forest and Deforestation Data Issues: Classification of Forest Land; Measurement and Reporting Systems: Remote Sensing Data Collection; Remote Sensing Data Utilization; (VIII) Conclusion; Appendix: Selected U.S. Programs That Address Deforestation. Figures and tables.

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