Afforestation and reforestation projects in South and South-East Asia under the Clean Development Mechanism: Trends and development opportunities

Land Use Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 504-515

  Nijnik, Maria ^a   Halder, Pradipta ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Co benefits; Criteria; Experts' opinion; Forest; Institutions; Land use; Local communities; SWOT analysis; Terrestrial carbon sink

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SINK; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; REFORESTATION;

SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84871925555     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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