Possibilities for carbon sequestration by the forestry sector in Hungary. COST E21 Workshop. Contribution of forests and forestry to mitigate greenhouse effects. Joensuu (Finland). 28-30 Sep 2000

Possibilities for carbon sequestration by the forestry sector in Hungary. COST E21 Workshop. Contribution of forests and forestry to mitigate greenhouse effects. Joensuu (Finland). 28-30 Sep 2000

In Hungary, gross emissions of carbon amount to some 17.6 millions t C per year. Forestry, the only sector which can offset emissions, seems to be a net sink of 1.6 Mt C per year. Afforesting large areas could substantially increase the carbon fixing capacity of the Hungarian forests. To assess the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Somogyi Z.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux 2000-01-01
Series:Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement
Subjects:
forest-trees
carbon
afforestation
forest-management
models
research-projects
carbon-dioxide
source-sink-relations
forestry-production
hungary
eastern-europe
elements
europe
forestation
nonmetals
organization-of-research
oxides
plant-physiology
production
research
Online Access:http://www.pressesagro.be/base/text/v4n4/296.pdf

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