Possibilities to reduce tropical deforestation by carbon funding: General reflections and examples from Bolivia

Permit Trading in Different Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 174-193

  Müller, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Atmosfair gGmbH   (Germany)

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EID: 84866364160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203814901-11     Document Type: Chapter

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