The congo basin forests in a changing climate: Policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+)

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 288-298

  Somorin, Olufunso A ^a,b   Brown, Carolyn Peach H ^c   Visseren Hamakers, Ingrid J ^b   Sonwa, Denis J ^a   Arts, Bas ^b   Nkem, Johnson ^d  

^a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Congo Basin; Discourse analysis; Forests; REDD+

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESOURCE USE; RISK FACTOR; STATE ROLE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CONGO BASIN;

EID: 84856021239     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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