Peatlands, their economic value and priorities for their future management - The example of Ireland

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 921-928

  Bullock, Craig H ^a   Collier, Marcus J ^a   Convery, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon; Peat; Peatlands; Public goods

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PEATLAND; PUBLIC GOODS; SUSTAINABILITY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84857801798     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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