Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation improved by carbon-density maps

A. Baccini (), S. J. Goetz, W. S. Walker, N. T. Laporte, M. Sun, D. Sulla-Menashe, J. Hackler, P. S. A. Beck, R. Dubayah, M. A. Friedl, S. Samanta and R. A. Houghton
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A. Baccini: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
S. J. Goetz: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
W. S. Walker: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
N. T. Laporte: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
M. Sun: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
D. Sulla-Menashe: Boston University
J. Hackler: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
P. S. A. Beck: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
R. Dubayah: University of Maryland
M. A. Friedl: Boston University
S. Samanta: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road
R. A. Houghton: The Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 3, 182-185

Abstract: Deforestation contributes 6–17% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. However, much uncertainty in the calculation of deforestation emissions stems from the inadequacy of forest carbon-density and deforestation data. Now an analysis provides the most-detailed estimate so far of the carbon density of vegetation and the associated carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation for ecosystems across the tropics.

Date: 2012
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