Biodiversity co-benefits of policies to reduce forest-carbon emissions

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 497-503

  Phelps, Jacob ^a   Webb, Edward L ^a   Adams, William M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT LOSS; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84862988863     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1462     Document Type: Review

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