Do protected areas reduce blue carbon emissions? A quasi-experimental evaluation of mangroves in Indonesia

Ecological Economics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-135

  Miteva, Daniela A ^a   Murray, Brian C ^b   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^b  

^a Nature Conservancy   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Impact evaluation; Indonesia; Mangroves; Matching; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MANGROVE; PROTECTED AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

INDONESIA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84941045416     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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