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Assessing carbon stock value of forests is tricky business, study finds
2015-02-20 00:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: With financial incentives encouraging maintenance of carbon stocks and the increased popularity of carbon trading between countries, a forest has become economically a lot more than a clump of trees that supplements livelihoods. A forest now has an intrinsic value by just existing, a value that can be measured in economic terms. A study recently published in Forest Ecology and Management examines the carbon stock value of forests in Guyana, finding dramatic differences between different kinds of...
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