In pursuit of carbon accountability: The politics of REDD+ measuring, reporting and verification systems

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 726-731

  Gupta, Aarti ^a   Lövbrand, Eva ^b   Turnhout, Esther ^a   Vijge, Marjanneke J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MOBILIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84869232494     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.10.004     Document Type: Review

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