Preparing for REDD: Forest Governance Challenges in Peru's Central Selva

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 421-444

  Scriven, Joel N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

governance; institutional capacity; political ecology; reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONES; CONTEXTUALIZE; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST GOVERNANCE; GOVERNANCE; INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY; NATIONAL MARKETS; NATIONAL PARKS; POLITICAL ECOLOGY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEMI-STRUCTURED; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; PARKS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NATIONAL PARK; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE ROLE; TROPICAL FOREST;

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EMISSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENTS; PERU; RESEARCH;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; LIMA [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 84861801634     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2011.588483     Document Type: Article

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