Securing tropical forest carbon: The contribution of protected areas to REDD

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Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 352-357

  Scharlemann, Jrn P W ^a   Kapos, Valerie ^a,d   Campbell, Alison ^a   Lysenko, Igor ^a   Burgess, Neil D ^a,e,f   Hansen, Matthew C ^b   Gibbs, Holly K ^c   Dickson, Barney ^a   Miles, Lera ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e WWF   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; deforestation; protected areas; REDD

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST COVER; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT LOSS; HUMID TROPICS; LAND USE; PROTECTED AREA; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 77958494431     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000542     Document Type: Article

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