Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change

Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change

The net flux of carbon from land use and land-cover change (LULCC) accounted for 12.5% of anthropogenic carbon emissions from 1990 to 2010. This net flux is the most uncertain term in the global carbon budget, not only because of uncertainties in rates of deforestation and forestation, but also beca...

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Main Authors: R. A. Houghton, J. I. House, J. Pongratz, G. R. van der Werf, R. S. DeFries, M. C. Hansen, C. Le Quéré, N. Ramankutty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-12-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/5125/2012/bg-9-5125-2012.pdf

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