Managing carbon in a multiple use world: The implications of land-use decision context for carbon management

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 291-300

  Dilling, Lisa ^a   Failey, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon management; Carbon offsets; Climate change; Decision making; Land use; Policy; Public lands

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDOWNERSHIP; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE LAND; TRADE-OFF;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872603368     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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