Ecosystem services from tropical savannas: Economic opportunities through payments for environmental services

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-59

  Greiner, Romy ^a,c   Gordon, Iain ^b   Cocklin, Chris ^c  

^a River Consulting   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental services; Multifunctionality; Natural capital; Tropical savannas

Indexed keywords

BOS; CARPENTARIA;

EID: 72949108540     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ08067     Document Type: Article

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