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Issues in Forest Restoration: Forestlands health and carbon sequestration - Strengthening the case for Western forest restoration

Viers, J.A. (2005) Issues in Forest Restoration: Forestlands health and carbon sequestration - Strengthening the case for Western forest restoration. Other. NAU Ecological Restoration Institute.

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Abstract

There is general and widespread agreement that human actions are causing changes in global climate through increased emissions of greenhouse gases. There are a number of strategies to tackle the problem. Forests have the potential to help reduce emissions and slow changes if they are protected, expanded, or returned to healthier condition. In the western United States, forest restoration-an ecologically-guided thinning process-could be a way to increase carbon sequestration. By preventing unnatural catastrophic wildfire and creating healthier ecosystem conditions, restoration can store biomass carbon.

Item Type: Monograph (Other)
Keywords: ERI Library, white paper, Issues in Forest Restoration, Carbon, Ecological Restoration
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Department/Unit: Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute
Date Deposited: 16 Oct 2015 22:12
URI: http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/1292

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