Legal issues in carbon farming: Biosequestration, carbon pricing, and carbon rights

Climate Law

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 515-533

  Durrant, Nicola ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84869988799     PISSN: 18786553     EISSN: 18786561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/cl-2011-049     Document Type: Article

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