Fire and carbon management in a diversified rangelands economy: Research, policy and implementation challenges for northern Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 313-322

  Walsh, Dionne ^a   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^b   Cowley, Robyn ^a  

^a Northern Territory Dept of Primary Industry and Fisheries   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; diversification; emissions; greenhouse gases; prescribed burning; savannas.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907584737     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ13122     Document Type: Article

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