Responding to climate change and the global land crisis: REDD+, market transformation and low-emissions rural development

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1619, 2013, Pages

  Nepstad, Daniel C ^a   Boyd, William ^b   Stickler, Claudia M ^a   Bezerra, Tathiana ^a   Azevedo, Andrea A ^c  

^a not available   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c IPAM SHIN CA 5   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Certification; Commodity roundtables; Food security; Forest conservation; Governance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIOFUEL; CERTIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMODITY MARKET; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD SECURITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCENTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; MARKET TRANSITION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 84876497564     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0167     Document Type: Review

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