:) É o que significa nesse contexto.

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Note added at 2 days 18 hrs 20 mins (2005-09-21 13:15:00 GMT)
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Nesse caso creio que o termo deve ser traduzido. Para ajudar na decisão, veja mais uma vez o texto original:

“...the recommended default assumption is that all carbon in biomass harvested is oxidised in theremoval year. This is based on the perception that stocks of forest products in most countries are notincreasing significantly on an annual basis.” The Guidelines go on to say “The proposed methodrecommends that storage of carbon in forest products be included in a national inventory only in thecase where a country can document that existing stocks of long term forest products are in factincreasing. If data permit, one could add a pool to Equation (1) in the changes in forest and otherwoody biomass stocks calculation to account for increases in the pool of forest products. Thisinformation would, of course, require careful documentation, including accounting for imports and exports of forest products during the inventory period."