Smallholder REDD+ strategies at the forest-farm frontier: A comparative analysis of options from the Peruvian Amazon

Carbon Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-281

  Scriven, Joel N H ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FOREST DEGRADATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES; LOCAL POPULATIONS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FARMS; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PERU; SURVEYS;

EID: 84861819953     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.12.22     Document Type: Article

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