Economic valuation of land restoration: The case of exclosures established on communal grazing lands in Tigray, Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-344

  Mekuria, W ^a   Veldkamp, E ^a   Tilahun, M ^b   Olschewski, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon revenues; Carbon sequestration; Crop production; Economic valuation; Ethiopia; Grazing lands; Local communities; Rehabilitation of degraded areas; Soil nutrients stock

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ETHIOPIA; GRAZING LANDS; LOCAL COMMUNITIES; REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED AREAS; SOIL NUTRIENTS STOCK;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; SOILS; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE CHANGE; PERCEPTION; PHOSPHORUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UPLAND REGION; VALUATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78751552806     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1001     Document Type: Article

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