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Carbon Trading: An Incentive To Change Rangelands Grazing Management?
Author
Stockdale, M.
Wiley, T.
Smith, P.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2008
Body

With climate change firmly on the global agenda, carbon trading is emerging as a growth industry. In Australia the rangelands has been identified as one of the country’s largest carbon sinks. Increasing carbon sequestration is the key to the ability to trade carbon. Improved grazing management practices may be able to increase the rate of carbon sequestration in the soil and above ground biomass in arid rangeland areas. Grazing management systems which stimulate increased plant growth through rest and intensive grazing such as cell grazing or rotational grazing may be the answer. ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
Additional Information
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Anderson, L., van Klinken, R. D., and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: 'A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Conference Name
15th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Charters Towers Queensland
Collection
Australian Rangelands
Keywords
climate change
carrying capacity
Carbon Sink
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