Motivations and barriers for Western Australian broad-acre farmers to adopt carbon farming

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 115-123

  Kragt, Marit E ^a   Dumbrell, Nikki P ^a   Blackmore, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon farming; Climate change mitigation; Emissions reduction policies; Land management; Policy adoption

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNCERTAINTY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85018314119     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.04.009     Document Type: Article

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