Carbonising forest landscapes? Linking climate change mitigation and rural livelihoods

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 76-83

  Leach, Gerald ^a   Leach, Melissa ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Development Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; MITIGATION;

EID: 3543075209     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2004.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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