Biodiversity monitoring for REDD+

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 717-725

  Dickson, Barney ^a   Kapos, Valerie ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY MAKING; REMOTE SENSING; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84869211345     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.09.017     Document Type: Review

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