Food-carbon trade-offs between agriculture and reforestation land uses under alternate market-based policies

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Paterson, Stacey ^a   Bryan, Brett Anthony ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agroecosystem; Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem services; Food security; Land use; Payment; Policy; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RISK FACTOR; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867136371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04959-170321     Document Type: Article

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