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Posted on Tuesday 28 October 2008 in climate_change and monitoring/measurement and online_resources and tools | Source
Australia's National Carbon Accounting System (NCAS) has been selected by the Clinton Climate Initiative to be the basis for a Global Carbon Monitoring System, which aims to use carbon trading to benefit the environment and help alleviate poverty in the developing world.
The NCAS incorporates remote sensing, information from satellite images, greenhouse gas accounting methods, and modelling of changes in the environment to monitor and account for emissions from land-based sectors.
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