Greenhouse gas abatement policies and the value of carbon sinks: Do grazing and cropping systems have different destinies?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 584-598

  Flugge, Felicity ^a   Schilizzi, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural emissions; Carbon sinks; Greenhouse policy; Whole farm modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; CARBON SINK; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODELING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 27644496117     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.033     Document Type: Article

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