Spatially explicit benefit-cost analysis of fire management for greenhouse gas abatement

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 724-732

  Heckbert, Scott ^a   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^b,c   Reeson, Andrew ^d   Davies, Jocelyn ^d   James, Glenn ^b   Meyer, Carl ^d  

^a ALBERTA INNOVATES TECHNOLOGY FUTURES   (Canada)

^b Bushfires NT ^*  (Australia)

^c North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon market; Climate change mitigation; Fire management; Greenhouse gas offset; Indigenous fire management

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONSOON; POLLUTION TAX; RAINFALL; SAVANNA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865612414     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02408.x     Document Type: Article

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