| Description |
42 pages : digital, PDF file. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
General technical report NRS ; 18 |
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General technical report NRS ; 18.
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| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet from the Forest Service web site. Address as of 03/17/08: http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr%5Fnrs18.pdf ; current access is available via PURL. |
| Note |
Title from Web page (viewed on Feb. 14, 2008). |
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"November 2007." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-42). |
| Summary |
Measurement guidelines for forest carbon sequestration were developed to support reporting by public and private entities to greenhouse gas registries. These guidelines are intended to be a reference for designing a forest carbon inventory and monitoring system by professionals with a knowledge of sampling, statistical estimation, and forest measurements. This report provides guidance on defining boundaries; measuring, monitoring, and estimating changes in carbon stocks; implementing plans to measure and monitor carbon; and developing quality assurance and quality control plans to ensure credible and reproducible estimates of the carbon credits. Expected users include entities, e.g., individual landowners, industrial forestry companies and managers of utility company lands, within the United States who are interested in implementing forestry activities and projects designed to generate carbon credits that could be traded as an offset, or for registering carbon dioxide reductions using the U.S. Department of Energy 1605(b) voluntary reporting registry. |
| Subject |
Carbon sequestration -- Measurement.
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Carbon sequestration -- Mathematical models.
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Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects.
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| Added Author |
Brown, Sandra (Sandra L.)
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Birdsey, Richard A.
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United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0083-B-06 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
A 13.88:GTR-NRS-18 |
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