Value chains for bio-carbon sequestration services: Lessons from contrasting cases in Canada, Kenya and Mozambique

Land Use Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-89

  Swallow, Brent M ^a   Goddard, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa, Alberta; Carbon markets; Conservation tillage; Forestry; Incentives; Institutions; REDD; REDD+; Value chain analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EMISSION CONTROL; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

ALBERTA; CANADA; KENYA; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84871920518     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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