The authors imply that the response of various officials to attempts to measure their countries’ carbon stock through field surveys has been Choose 1 answer: unhelpful, because they fear that jobs for their countries’ scientists will be lost. Helpful, because their countries have invested significantly in technology to allow studies to expand. Helpful, because their countries stand to benefit from universal carbon data that the studies will uncover. Unhelpful, because they do not make their countries’ land holdings readily available for study. Ing LiDAR, as opposed to fieldwork, for measuring carbon in tropical forests is the Choose 1 answer: scale and rapidity with which LiDAR can be used. Expense of hiring scientists to carry out fieldwork. Rapid changes and improvements in LiDAR technology. Precision of LiDAR, which eliminates human error