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Forest plantations offer what appear to be one of the more attractive approaches to sequester atmospheric carbon (C). They are attractive because: (1) studies have indicated that forests have the potential to sequester large amounts of C; (2) the technology for establishing new forests exists; (3) forests have a number of environmental benefits aside from C sequestration; and (4) most studies indicate that the costs of C sequestration using forests are quite modest
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Sedjo, R.A. (1996). The economics of increased carbon storage through plantations and forest management. In: Apps, M.J., Price, D.T. (eds) Forest Ecosystems, Forest Management and the Global Carbon Cycle. NATO ASI Series, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61111-7_29
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