Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: Lessons for REDD+

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 540-549

  Larson, Anne M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community forestry; Indigenous people; REDD; Tenure reform; Tenure rights

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST RESOURCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE USE; TENURE SYSTEM;

AFRICA; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 79956284151     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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