Supplying carbon sequestration from West African rangelands: Opportunities and barriers

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Lipper, Leslie ^a   Dutilly Diane, Celine ^b   McCarthy, Nancy ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; climate change; rangeland management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMISSION CONTROL; LAND DEGRADATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASTORALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RANGELAND; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSACTION COST;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 78650220604     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00009.1     Document Type: Article

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