Forest Carbon Markets : Potential and Drawbacks.

Describes current markets for forest carbon sequestration, which involves capturing carbon dioxide at its source and storing it before its release to the atmosphere. Discusses potential for using forest to offset other sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and drawbacks related to forest carbon seque...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Air > Pollution. Forests and forestry. Climatic changes. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes current markets for forest carbon sequestration, which involves capturing carbon dioxide at its source and storing it before its release to the atmosphere. Discusses potential for using forest to offset other sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and drawbacks related to forest carbon sequestration efforts.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.