Institutional perceptions of opportunities and challenges of REDD+ in the congo basin

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-404

  Carolyn Peach Brown, H ^a   Smit, Barry ^b   Sonwa, Denis J ^c   Somorin, Olufunso A ^d   Nkem, Johnson ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Cameroon)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; climate change; Congo Basin forest; institutions; REDD+

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PERCEPTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONGO BASIN;

EID: 83355168063     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496511426480     Document Type: Article

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