A sustainability framework for enhancing the long-term success of lulucf projects

Climatic Change

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 241-271

  Madlener, Reinhard ^a   Robledo, Carmenza ^b,c   Muys, Bart ^d   Freja, Javier T Blanco ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Intercooperation   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ASSESSMENT; LAND USE AND LAND-USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY (LULUCF) PROJECTS; SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33745069262     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9023-0     Document Type: Review

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