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Aboveground carbon loss in natural and managed tropical forests from 2000 to 2012 [1]

Tropical forests provide global climate regulation ecosystem services and their clearing is a significant source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and resultant radiative forcing of climate change. However, consensus on pan-tropical forest carbon dynamics is lacking. The researchers present a new estimate that employs recommended good practices to quantify gross tropical forest aboveground carbon (AGC) loss from 2000 to 2012 through the integration of Landsat-derived tree canopy cover, height, intactness and forest cover loss and GLAS-lidar derived forest biomass.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
02/07/2015
A Tyukavina [3], A Baccini [4], M C Hansen & et al [5]
Environmental Research Letters [6]
1-14
Tags:
Tropical Forests [7], Ecosystem Services [8], Green House Gases [9], Climate Change [10], Remote Sensing [11], Deforestation [12], REDD [13], Land Use [14], Brazil [15], Indonesia [16], Africa [17], Congo [18], South America [19]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/aboveground-carbon-loss-natural-and-managed-tropical-forests-2000-2012

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/aboveground-carbon-loss-natural-and-managed-tropical-forests-2000-2012
[2] http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/10/7/074002/article
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tyukavina
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/baccini
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-c-hansen-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-research-letters
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystem-services
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/redd
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indonesia
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/congo
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-america