Co-Benefits from Carbon Sequestration in Forests: Evaluating Reductions in Agricultural Externalities from an Afforestation Policy in Wisconsin.

Besides climate change mitigation, policies encouraging the conversion of agricultural land to forest may generate additional environmental benefits. We estimate the reductions in agricultural externalities (soil erosion, nitrogen, and atrazine pollution) from an afforestation program in Wisconsin....

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Published in:Land Economics Vol. 79; no. 1; pp. 74 - 86
Main Authors: Plantinga, Andrew J., Wu, JunJie
Format: Article
Published: University of Wisconsin Press February 2003
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