Economics of sustainable land management

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-19

  Mirzabaev, Alisher ^a   Nkonya, Ephraim ^b   von Braun, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER USE;

EID: 84939549188     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.07.004     Document Type: Review

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