Conference Report: REDD+ related forest monitoring remains a key issue: A report following the recent un climate conference in Doha

Carbon Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-127

  Sanz Sanchez, Maria ^a   Herold, Martin ^b   Penman, Jim ^c  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE REPORT; FOCUS AREAS; FOREST MONITORING; FOREST MONITORING SYSTEMS; KEY ISSUES; TECHNICAL WORK;

CARBON; CHEMISTRY; NONMETALS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; CHEMISTRY; FORESTRY;

EID: 84875446304     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.13.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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