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Carbon sequestration: Managing forests in uncertain times

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  • Valentin Bellassen

    (Valentin Bellassen is at the Centre for Economics and Sociology in Rural Areas (CESAER), National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA), Dijon, France.)

  • Sebastiaan Luyssaert

    (Sebastiaan Luyssaert is at the Laboratory for Climate Sciences and the Environment (LSCE), Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission (CEA), Gif-sur-Yvette, France.)

Abstract

Increasing both forest stocks and timber harvest will buy time while we learn more about how trees absorb carbon, say Valentin Bellassen and Sebastiaan Luyssaert.

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  • Valentin Bellassen & Sebastiaan Luyssaert, 2014. "Carbon sequestration: Managing forests in uncertain times," Nature, Nature, vol. 506(7487), pages 153-155, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:506:y:2014:i:7487:d:10.1038_506153a
    DOI: 10.1038/506153a
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