Bundling and stacking in bio-sequestration schemes: Opportunities and risks identified by Australian stakeholders

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-92

  Torabi, Nooshin ^a   Bekessy, Sarah A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio sequestration; Biodiversity conservation; Bundling credits; Ecosystem services; Stacking credits; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940024760     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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