Principal reference

Snowdon, P., et al. 2001. Protocol for sampling tree and stand biomass. National Carbon Accounting System, Technical Report No. 31 (Pre-publication draft - March 2001), Australian Greenhouse Office, Commonwealth of Australia, 114 pages, http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/files/pdfs/tr31.pdf.

Other relevant reports

Ilic, J., et al. 2000. Woody density: Phase 1 – State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System, Technical Report No. 18, Australian Greenhouse Office, Commonwealth of Australia, 228 pages, http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/files/pdfs/tr18final.pdf.

McKenzie, N., et al. 2000. Sampling Measurement and Analytical Protocols for Carbon estimation in soil, litter and coarse woody debris. National Carbon Accounting System, Technical Report No. 14, Australian Greenhouse Office, Commonwealth of Australia, 52 pages, http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/files/pdfs/tr14final.pdf.

Turner, B., et al. 1999. Woody biomass - Methods for estimating change, National Carbon Accounting System, Technical Report No. 3, Australian Greenhouse Office, Commonwealth of Australia, 44 pages, http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/files/pdfs/tech03.pdf.

Background

Australian Greenhouse Office, 2000. Greenhouse Sinks and the Kyoto Protocol. An issue paper. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 121 pages, http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/pubs/internationalsinks/sinks_paper.pdf.

IPCC, 2000. Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry. Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, by Robert T. Watson, Ian R. Noble, Bert Bolin, N. H. Ravindranath, David J. Verardo and David J. Dokken (Eds.) Cambridge University Press, UK, 375 pages, http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/land_use/index.htm.

IPCC, 2000. Summary for Policymakers, IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change And Forestry, IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 20 pages, http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/srlulucf-e.pdf.

IPCC, 2001. Third Assessment Report - Climate Change 2001: http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/reports.htm.

Noble, I., and Scholes, R.J., 2001. Review – Sinks and the Kyoto Protocol, Climate Policy, 1, pp 5-25, http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/6/2/1/2/6/7/

United Nations, 1997. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. http://www.unfccc.de/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.pdf

Relevant web pages:

Australian Greenhouse Office: http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/

CRC for Greenhouse Accounting: http://www.greenhouse.crc.org.au/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): http://www.ipcc.ch/