What role for afforestation in Italian strategies towards the Kyoto Protocol? Hints from a Kyoto forest in the Po Valley (Northern Italy)
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- 19 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) in Forest@ - Rivista di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale
- Vol. 2 (4), 333-344
- https://doi.org/10.3832/efor0320-0020333
Abstract
The carbon balance of an afforested area in the Emilia-Romagna floodplain has been monitored for a 4-year period. Detailed measurements covering both above- and below-ground components of biomass production and accumulation were complemented by eddy-covariance measurements at the ecosystem level. Experimental results have been extrapolated in time by means of a process-based ecosystem model, so as to better assess the potential role of afforestation towards the carbon-reduction goals of the Kyoto Protocol.Keywords
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