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Open AccessHarvested wood products and REDD+: looking beyond the forest border
The focus of REDD+ is sensu stricto on maintaining forest carbon stocks. We extend the scope of sustainable management of forest from forests to timber utilization, and study carbon offsets resulting from the ...
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Open AccessModeling the CO2-effects of forest management and wood usage on a regional basis
At the 15th Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Copenhagen, 2009, harvested wood products were identified as an additional carbon pool. This modification eliminates inconsisten...
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Open AccessAvoiding treatment bias of REDD+ monitoring by sampling with partial replacement
Implementing REDD+ renders the development of a measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) system necessary to monitor carbon stock changes. MRV systems generally apply a combination of remote sensing techn...
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Open AccessImplications of sampling design and sample size for national carbon accounting systems
Countries willing to adopt a REDD regime need to establish a national Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system that provides information on forest carbon stocks and carbon stock changes. Due to the...
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Open AccessCombating the effects of climatic change on forests by mitigation strategies
Forests occur across diverse biomes, each of which shows a specific composition of plant communities associated with the particular climate regimes. Predicted future climate change will have impacts on the vul...
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Open AccessReduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD): a climate change mitigation strategy on a critical track
Following recent discussions, there is hope that a mechanism for reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) will be agreed by the Parties of the UNFCCC at their 15th meeting in Cop...
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A Variance Estimator for Constrained Estimates of Change in Relative Categorical Frequencies
Consistent estimators of change and state becomes an issue when sample data come from a mix of permanent and temporary observation units. A joint maximum likelihood estimator of state and change creates estima...
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Harmonisation and Standardisation in Multi-National Environmental Statistics – Mission Impossible?
Multi-national statistics are frequently based on data, whichoriginate from national surveys. The systems of nomenclatureapplied for key attributes often show national differences.Different error sources which...
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Reliability of differing densities of sample grids used for the monitoring of forest condition in Europe
Concern about the possible deterioration of forest health led to the establishment in the 1980s of inventories of forest condition throughout Europe. International standardisation of the programmes was sought ...
