Mangrove ecosystem services and the potential for carbon revenue programmes in Solomon Islands

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 485-496

  Warren Rhodes, Kimberley ^a   Schwarz, Anne Maree ^a   Boyle, Linda Ng ^b   Albert, Joelle ^a   Agalo, Stephen Suti ^c   Warren, Regon ^a   Bana, Andrew ^d   Paul, Chris ^a   Kodosiku, Ringo ^c   Bosma, Wilko ^c   Yee, Douglas ^e   Rönnbäck, Patrik ^f   Crona, Beatrice ^g   Duke, Norm ^h  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c National Resource Development Conservation   (Solomon Islands)

^d Western Province Government   (Solomon Islands)

^e Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology   (Solomon Islands)

^f GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon credits; Carbon offsets; Carbon trading; Ecosystem services; Forests; Mangroves; Pacific Islands; PES; Solomon Islands; Subsistence economy

Indexed keywords

CARBON CREDITS; CARBON TRADING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FORESTS; MANGROVES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PES; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ECONOMICS; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOME; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LAND TENURE; MANGROVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSISTENCE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 80755189504     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892911000373     Document Type: Article

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