Today on The Conversation, it was reported that 60 % of 145 economists surveyed support Australia’s new Carbon Tax scheme.
I am wondering what kind of support there is for it out there amongst ecologists. If you are one, please complete the following short survey by clicking here.
I’ll post the results in a few days.
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[…] ecosystem services, including inter alia global-scale carbon taxes, water trading, pollination valuation and nutrient cycling, are to be set up immediately within […]
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[…] thought that it would be good to survey ecologists on this very same issue because we are the people dealing with the fall-out of climate change to […]
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