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Carbon sequestration in Indian natural and planted forests [1]

Among the global common concerns, climate change has been identified as the most important environmental challenge facing humanity. Emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons are identified as green house gases causing warmth of earth globally. Of these CO2 alone accounts for 60 per cent share.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
N. P. Melkania [2]
Indian Forester [3]
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Forests [4], Climate Change [5], Green House Gases [6], Carbon Sequestration [7], India [8], Statistics [9]
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