The carbon farming initiative: Removing the obstacles to its success

Carbon Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-202

  MacIntosh, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; IMPACT RISK; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; LAND USE CHANGE AND FORESTRIES; PROJECT-BASED;

DESIGN;

CARBON;

EID: 84875437919     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.13.9     Document Type: Article

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