Combating Climate Change: What Will China's Forestry Industry Do?

• Author: Yang, Xiaohui ; Wang, Xiaoping ; Li, Nuyun
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences ; Biomass energy ; Carbon sequestration ; China ; Climate Change ; Commercial forests ; Deforestation ; Developing countries ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Ecology ; Ecosystems ; Emissions ; Environment ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology ; Environmental Management ; Environmental restoration ; Forest ecosystems ; Forest management ; Forest resources ; Forest soils ; Forestry ; Forestry development ; Greenhouse effect ; LDCs ; Lowland forests ; Physical Geography ; Plantation forestry ; Plantations ; Reforestation ; State forests ; Stream flow ; Sustainable forest management ; SYNOPSIS
• Is Part Of: Ambio, 2010-06, Vol.39 (4), p.340-343
• Description: The majority of forest stands are low biomass plantations and secondary forests. [...] it has been estimated that carbon storage in existing forests is only approximately 44.3% of the potential storage amount (State Forestry Administration (SFA) 2005). (c) Reduce carbon emissions through a forest protection strategy.
  
• Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer
  
• Language: English
  
• Identifier: ISSN: 0044-7447
  EISSN: 1654-7209
  DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0037-0
  PMID: 20799684
  
• Source: MEDLINE
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