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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"forest carbon"”.
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Forest carbon sequestration programs : reviewing and assembling Mexican efforts
This thesis examines current efforts to sequester carbon dioxide in the forests in Mexico. A brief review of the most relevant examples worldwide is also included in order to explain the international context and introduce some key concepts. The decision regarding the desirability of pursuing …
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An Analysis of the Suruí Forest Carbon Project in Context of Settler Colonialism
This thesis analyzes the Suruí Forest Carbon Project in the context of settler colonialism. By exploring the three core principles of settler colonialism as outlined by settler colonial scholar Patrick Wolfe: access to land, elimination of the native, and the understanding that settler colonialism …
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Variation in tree mortality and regeneration affect forest carbon recovery following fuel treatments and wildfire
Forest fuel treatments such as thinning and burning have been proposed as tools to stabilize carbon stocks in fire-prone forests in the Western U.S. Although treatments immediately reduce forest carbon storage, losses may be paid back over the long-term if treatment sufficiently reduces future …
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Variation in tree mortality and regeneration affect forest carbon recovery following fuel treatments and wildfire
Forest fuel treatments such as thinning and burning have been proposed as tools to stabilize carbon stocks in fire-prone forests in the Western U.S. Although treatments immediately reduce forest carbon storage, losses may be paid back over the long-term if treatment sufficiently reduces future …
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EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF BIOMETRIC APPROACHES FOR VERIFICATION AND MONITORING IN COMMERCIAL FOREST CARBON ACCOUNTING
Of the strategies to increase land carbon storage and avoid GHG emissions through natural ecosystem management, Forest-based Climate Solutions (FbCS) are believed to offer the greatest mitigation potential. As more funds are allocated towards FbCS deployment, questions arise regarding their actual …
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Fire regime change and the boreal forest carbon cycle from 10,000 years ago to 2100 AD
Boreal forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, and wildfire is a key control of boreal carbon dynamics. Rapid high latitude climate change will likely alter boreal fire regimes, potentially disrupting the historical role of the biome as a major sink for anthropogenic carbon …
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Realizing global environmental objectives through local environmental initiatives : the incentives behind stakeholder participation in forest carbon sequestration projects
… have been invested in jointly-implemented forest carbon sequestration projects in both Annex Band non- Annex B countries. This prompts the question of why, without mandatory emission reduction requirements or promise of any return on their investment in emission reduction credits, …
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Analyzing Risks in Voluntary Forest Carbon Offsets Using Open Data: A Hybrid Framework Integrating Retrieval-Augmented Generation in LLMs and Geospatial Analytics
The credibility of voluntary carbon markets hinges on the quality of carbon offset projects, particularly in forestry and land-use sectors where claims of additionality and emissions reductions are often disputed. This paper introduces a novel, open-source approach to evaluating carbon offset …
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Using Unmanned Aircraft to Provide Near Real-Time Updates of Biomass, Forest Structure and Land Use in the Western Amazon
… expensive or labor-intensive inventory methods. Forest carbon is a key uncertainty in the global carbon cycle and is important for carbon conservation schemes. State-of-the-art techniques in forest carbon monitoring typically involve the use of accurate but costly manned aircraft to estimate …
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Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation Potential through the use of Forest Bioenergy
Bioenergy production from forest resources offers opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with fossil fuel use, reduce non-renewable energy consumption, and provide investment and employment in the forestry sector. These opportunities, however, must be considered within …
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LINKING ALLOMETRIC SCALING THEORY WITH LIDAR REMOTE SENSING FOR IMPROVED BIOMASS ESTIMATION AND ECOSYSTEM CHARACTERIZATION
Accurate quantification of forest carbon stocks and fluxes is critical for the successful modeling and mitigation of climate change. This research focuses on forest carbon stock quantification, both in terms of testing emerging remote sensing approaches to forest carbon modeling, and examining …
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The Commodification of Nature: Power/Knowledge and REDD+ in Costa Rica
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is a global carbon trading program intent on mitigating or reversing carbon emissions from forestry in the global south. REDD+ was negotiated at the 2005 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is …
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Effects of Growth Environment on Aboveground Carbon Budgets in Ponderosa Pine
… could have a significant effect on future forest carbon flux.
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MODELING APPROACHES FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION IN ALPINE FORESTS.
… investigates the complex relationship between forests, climate change and management, focusing on their interactions through the lens of ecosystem services and sustainability. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the role of alpine forests, harvested wood product and forest management in climate …
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Real Options Analysis of Carbon Forestry Under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
… Trading Scheme (NZETS), designed to create a carbon price in the economy. Under the NZETS, new forests planted on and after 1st January 1990 (known as post-1989 forests) are eligible to earn carbon credits and sell them domestically and internationally, with a condition that the credits will …
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Reclaiming Indigenous Land and Livelihoods in North-East Cambodia
… NGOs have also been entangled in green grabs and forest carbon schemes in collaboration with state institutions. Lowland migrants and powerful elites also enter Indigenous landscapes to similarly take customary lands. This research explores how Indigenous communities engage with these diverse …
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Reclaiming Indigenous Land and Livelihoods in North-East Cambodia
… NGOs have also been entangled in green grabs and forest carbon schemes in collaboration with state institutions. Lowland migrants and powerful elites also enter Indigenous landscapes to similarly take customary lands. This research explores how Indigenous communities engage with these diverse …
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From land to water: the impacts of forest disturbances on carbon cycling in northern catchments
Boreal forests hold 32% of the world’s terrestrial organic matter and are continually disturbed by biotic and abiotic events. These disturbances are especially important since they facilitate the redistribution of nutrients within and between ecosystems, which can alter resource use and …
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