Biological carbon sinks: Transaction costs and governance

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-376

  Van Kooten, G Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; COSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL CO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CARBON UPTAKE; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; EMISSIONS TRADING; TRANSACTION COST;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLLUTION TAX; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS;

EID: 67651119709     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85372-3     Document Type: Article

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