Implementing carbon credits for forests based on green accounting

Ecological Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 610-621

  Cairns, Robert D ^a   Lasserre, Pierre ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidental loss; Afforestation; Asset value; Carbon credit; Deforestation; Forest; Forest fires; Green accounting; Rental value; Wood products

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST FIRE;

EID: 33644840123     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.03.029     Document Type: Article

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