Small holder's carbon forestry project in Haryana India: Issues and challenges

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 899-915

  Chakraborty, Debojyoti ^a  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Clean development mechanism; Kyoto Protocol

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND DEGRADATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRIVATE LAND; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SMALLHOLDER; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

HARYANA; INDIA;

EID: 78149499519     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9248-8     Document Type: Article

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