Beyond carbon: Redefining forests and people in the global ecosystem services market

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Grabowski, Zbigniew J ^a   Chazdon, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon credits; Land use mosaics; Payments for Ecosystem Services; Socio ecological resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868308606     PISSN: 19933800     EISSN: 19933819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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