Avoiding unintended outcomes from REDD

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Venter, Oscar ^a   Watson, James E M ^a   Meijaard, Erik ^b   Laurance, William F ^c,d   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LETTER; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 74549120312     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01391.x     Document Type: Letter

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