Accounting for India's forest wealth

Ecological Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-476

  Atkinson, Giles ^a   Gundimeda, Haripriya ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon; Green accounting; Sustainability; Timber; Wealth dilution

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST RESOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH; TIMBER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748433285     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.10.022     Document Type: Article

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