Improved Forest Management

Chapter in Voluntary Carbon Standard: Agriculture, Forestry, and Land Use Guidance Document

Author(s): S. Brown, Brian Murray, T. Pearson, and B. Sohngen

Published: November 2007

Activities related to improved forest management are those implemented on forests remaining as forests (see IPCC AFOLU 2006 report27). Various forest management activities can be changed that could increase carbon stocks and/or reduce GHG emissions, but only a subset of these activities make a measurable difference to the long-term increase in GHG benefits compared to business-as-usual practices.

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