Barriers to Massachusetts forest landowner participation in carbon markets

Ecological Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-190

  Markowski Lindsay, Marla ^a   Stevens, Thomas ^a   Kittredge, David B ^a   Butler, Brett J ^b   Catanzaro, Paul ^a   Dickinson, Brenton J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Family Forest Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Family forest; Ordered probit

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; FAMILY FARM; FOREST GARDEN; LANDOWNER; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE LAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055028559     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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