Fire assisted pastoralism vs. sustainable forestry - The implications of missing markets for carbon in determining optimal land use in the wet-dry tropics of Australia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Ockwell, David ^a   Lovett, Jon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Cost benefit analysis; Fire; Land use policy

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PASTORALISM; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MARKET; POLICY; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 14544272744     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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