Macro-economic analysis of forestry options on carbon sequestration in India

Ecological Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-223

  Kadekodi, Gopal K ^a   Ravindranath, N H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Forest policy; Forestry options; Macro economics of forestry; Valuation

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST POLICY; FORESTRY POLICY; MACROECONOMIC IMPACT;

INDIA;

EID: 0031437238     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00580-6     Document Type: Article

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