An overview of carbon offsets from agriculture

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-160

  González Ramírez, Jimena ^a   Kling, Catherine L ^a   Valcu, Adriana ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

additionality; carbon policy; carbon supply curves; conservation practices; GHGs; leakage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873142456     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-083110-120016     Document Type: Review

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