Carbon Payments and Low-Cost Conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-845

  Crossman, Neville D ^a   Bryan, Brett A ^a   Summers, David M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Biodiversity and conservation banking; Ecological restoration; Economic analysis; Emissions trading policy; Incentives; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FARMING SYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INCENTIVE; LANDOWNER; NATIVE SPECIES; REFORESTATION; SHRUB; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79960561607     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01649.x     Document Type: Article

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