Land cover change in the Bolivian Amazon and its implications for REDD+ and endemic biodiversity

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 571-584

  Sangermano, Florencia ^a   Toledano, James ^a   Eastman, Ronald ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Carbon emissions; Deforestation; Land cover change

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84859219124     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9710-y     Document Type: Article

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