Boreal forest carbon sequestration strategies: A case study of the Little Red River Cree First Nation land tenures

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-341

  Krcmar, Emina ^a   Van Kooten, G Cornelis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 28444454528     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2005.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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