A bioeconomic analysis of the potential of Indonesian agroforests as carbon sinks

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-461

  Wise, Russell M ^a   Cacho, Oscar J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Bio economic meta modelling; Carbon credits; Dynamic programming; Indonesia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGROFORESTRY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARBON SINK; CROP; CROPLAND; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HARVEST; HARVESTING; INDONESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; WOOD;

EID: 79955738421     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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