Forest landowners' willingness to sell carbon credits: A pilot study

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-37

  Fletcher, Lena S ^a   Kittredge, David ^a,b   Stevens, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon credits; Carbon sequestration; Climate change policy; Private landowners; Willingness to sell

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; SALES;

CARBON CREDITS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; PRIVATE LANDOWNERS; WILLINGNESS TO SELL;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; CHELATION; CLIMATES; FOREST PRODUCTS; LAND USE;

EID: 64249141026     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/26.1.35     Document Type: Article

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