Clearing the way for reducing emissions from tropical deforestation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-334

  Skutsch, M ^a   Bird, N ^b   Trines, E ^c   Dutschke, M ^d   Frumhoff, P ^e   de Jong, B H J ^f   van Laake, P ^g   Masera, O ^h   Murdiyarso, D ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Biocarbon ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Biocarbon   (Germany)

^e UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^f EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^h INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

ⁱ CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Avoided deforestation; Carbon credits; Compensated reductions

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

EID: 34249303203     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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