The potential ecological costs and cobenefits of REDD: A critical review and case study from the Amazon region

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2803-2824

  Stickler, Claudia M ^a,b,c   Nepstad, Daniel C ^a,b   Coe, Michael T ^a   McGrath, David G ^a,b   Rodrigues, Hermann O ^d   Walker, Wayne S ^a   Soares Filho, Britaldo S ^a,d   Davidson, Eric A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate; Deforestation; Degradation; Ecosystem services; Land use and land cover change; REDD; Tropical conservation; Watersheds; Xingu river basin

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; UNITED NATIONS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; XINGU RIVER;

EID: 71549136024     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02109.x     Document Type: Article

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