Agriculture and Deforestation: Is REDD+ Rooted In Evidence?

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-70

  Pirard, Romain ^a   Belna, Karine ^b  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Borlaug hypothesis; FCPF; Intensification; Land sparing; REDD+

Indexed keywords

BORLAUG HYPOTHESIS; FCPF; INTENSIFICATION; LAND SPARING; REDD+;

AGRICULTURE; DEGRADATION; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY;

DEFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84861674643     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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