South Africa's national REDD+ initiative: Assessing the potential of the forestry sector on climate change mitigation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-32

  Rahlao, Sebataolo ^a   Mantlana, Brian ^b   Winkler, Harald ^a   Knowles, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c Cirrus Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Climate change; Forest policy; Indigenous forests; REDD+; Terrestrial carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AFFORESTATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAND USE; PLANTATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCING EMISSION FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION PLUS INITIATIVE; REFORESTATION;

EID: 84855497417     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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