'Blue carbon' projects for the collective good

Carbon Management

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 477-479

  Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   McAllister, Ryan Rj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

blue carbon; mangrove forests; national governments; saltmarsh; seagrass; tidal wetlands; tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885214658     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.13.50     Document Type: Review

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