Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): Transaction costs of six peruvian projects

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rendón Thompson, Olivia R ^a,b   Paavola, Jouni ^a,b   Healey, John R ^c   Jones, Julia P G ^c   Baker, Timothy R ^b   Torres, Jorge ^d  

^a London School of Economics and Political Science   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Sustainable Forestry Management Ltd and Bosques Amazónicos SFM BAM S A C   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additionality; Amazon; And monitoring costs; Implementation; Peru; Set up; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; TRANSACTION COST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; PERU;

EID: 84876766601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05239-180117     Document Type: Article

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