Implementing carbon neutral destination policies: Issues from the Seychelles

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-391

  Gössling, Stefan ^a   Schumacher, Kim Philip ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon neutral destinations; Climate change; Mitigation; Offsetting; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTOURISM; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION;

SEYCHELLES;

EID: 77951160997     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580903147944     Document Type: Article

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