Should REDD+ fund 'sustainable intensification' as a means of reducing tropical deforestation?

Carbon Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-120

  Matthews, Robin ^a   De Pinto, Alessandro ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

deforestation; food supply; mitigation; REDD+; sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859140729     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.12.6     Document Type: Review

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