Trade-offs between carbon sequestration and rural incomes in the N'hambita Community Carbon Project, Mozambique

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-93

  Palmer, Charles ^a   Silber, Tilmann ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon sequestration; Cost benefit; Land use; Mozambique; Trade offs; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; INCOME; LAND USE PLANNING; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER; TRADE-OFF;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 80051570582     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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