The social context of carbon sequestration: Considerations from a multi-scale environmental history of the Old Peanut Basin of Senegal

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 535-564

  Tschakert, P ^a   Tappan, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Environmental change; Remote sensing; Rural livelihoods; Senegal; Soil fertility management

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FARMING SYSTEM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE; RURAL ECONOMY; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 4344689074     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.03.021     Document Type: Article

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