Capturing synergies between rural development and agricultural mitigation in Brazil

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 507-518

  Branca, Giacomo ^a,b   Hissa, Helga ^c   Benez, Mara Cristina ^d   Medeiros, Katia ^b   Lipper, Leslie ^b   Tinlot, Marianne ^b   Bockel, Louis ^b   Bernoux, Martial ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA E EXTENSÃO RURAL DE SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon financing; Carbon sequestration; Climate change mitigation; Environmental services; EX Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX ACT); Land use change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84861353964     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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