Economy and ecology of emerging markets and credits for bio-sequestered carbon on private land in tropical Australia

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 309-318

  Hunt, Colin ^a  

^a School for Field Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity; Carbon costs; Carbon credits; Reforestation; Sequestration economics

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MARKET CONDITIONS; MONOCULTURE; PRIVATE LAND; REFORESTATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 44449147781     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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