Savanna burning, greenhouse gas emissions and indigenous livelihoods: Introducing the Tiwi Carbon Study

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 712-723

  Richards, Anna E ^a   Andersen, Alan N ^a   Schatz, Jon ^a   Eager, Robert ^a   Dawes, Tracy Z ^a   Hadden, Kate ^b   Scheepers, Kelly ^a   Van Der Geest, Maria ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Tiwi Land Council   (Australia)

^c URS Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Fire; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Northern Australia; Tiwi Islands

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AVHRR; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TIWI ISLANDS;

EID: 84865583613     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02395.x     Document Type: Article

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