Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry
Subtitle: A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Contributors: Robert T. Watson (Editor); Ian R. Noble (Editor); Bert Bolin (Editor); N. H. Ravindranath (Editor); David J. Verardo (Editor); David J. Dokken (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 10, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780521804950
Subjects: Climatology; Environmental Science; Pollution & threats to the environment; Science; Environmental Studies; Trees & Forests - General; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Climatic changes; Science / Meteorology
First sentence: During the period 1850-1998, approximately 405 60 Gt C has been emitted as carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere as a result of fossil fuel burning and cement production (67 percent), and land use and land-use change (33 percent), predominantly from forested areas.