Forest tenure and multi-level governance in avoiding deforestation under REDD

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 66-88

  Doherty, Emma ^a   Schroeder, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY STRATEGY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL REFORM; TENURE SYSTEM;

EID: 80054714636     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00084     Document Type: Article

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