Reducing Poverty Through Carbon Forestry? Impacts of the N'hambita Community Carbon Project in Mozambique

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2123-2135

  Jindal, Rohit ^a   Kerr, John M ^b   Carter, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nexus Carbon for Development   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Africa; Carbon; Impacts; Mozambique; PES; REDD

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FORESTRY; INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84865362240     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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