Engaging local communities in low emissions land-use planning: A case study from Laos

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bourgoin, Jeremy ^a,b,c   Castella, Jean Christophe ^b,c   Hett, Cornelia ^d,e   Lestrelin, Guillaume ^b,c   Heinimann, Andreas ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement International Water Management Institute   (Laos)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d Centre for Development and Environment   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon tenure; Equity; Laos; Participatory land use planning

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

LAOS;

EID: 84877355769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05362-180209     Document Type: Article

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