Carbon projects and Indigenous land in northern Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 389-402

  Dore, Jeremy ^a   Michael, Christine ^b   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^b   Tehan, Maureen ^c   Caripis, Lisa ^c  

^a Aboriginal Carbon Fund   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; carbon credits; carbon sequestration; environmental services; property rights.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907584382     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ13128     Document Type: Article

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