Balance sheet in the REDD+: Are global estimates measuring the wrong costs?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-200

  Fosci, Mattia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876157217     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.11.022     Document Type: Note

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