Gradient Anaysis of Biomass in Costa Rica and a First Estimate of Total Emissionsof Greenhouse Gases from Biomass Burning

摘要

One important component of sustainable development for a nation is the degree towhich it can balance greenhouse gas (GHG) exchange with the atmosphere. Scientists at NHEERL-WED recently estimated the release of such GHGs from the conversion of a range of forest types in Costa Rica between 1940-1983. They also evaluated the influence of environmental gradients that affect the rates and patterns of deforestation and the carbon pools of the forest cleared on GHG emissions.