Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Fitzsimons, James ^a,b   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^c,d,e   James, Glenn ^c   Vigilante, Tom ^f   Lipsett Moore, Geoff ^c   Morrison, Joe ^c   Looker, Michael ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Bushfires NT   (Australia)

^e Kimberley Land Council ^*  (Australia)

^f Kimberley Land Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Indigenous fire regimes; Indigenous livelihoods; Monitoring; Tropical savannas

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CULTURAL TRADITION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84856254710     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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