Adapting tropical production forests to global climate change: Risk perceptions and actions

International Forestry Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-38

  Guariguata, M R ^a   Locatelli, B ^a,b   Haupt, F ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adaptation; adaptive capacity; mitigation; risk perception; tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MITIGATION; RISK PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84859076975     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/146554812799973226     Document Type: Review

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