Seeing The Forest And The Trees Helps Cut Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Friday, February 13, 2009 - 18:35
in Earth & Climate
Putting a price tag on carbon dioxide emitted by different land use practices could dramatically change the way that land is used, according to new research. When all carbon emissions -- fossil fuel, industrial and land-use change emissions -- are included in a global management plan, deforestation slows and could reverse, managers place limits on the expansion of biofuels production, and emission control becomes cheaper.
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