Rights to carbon and payments for services rendered under REDD+: Options for the case of Mexico

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 813-825

  Skutsch, Margaret ^a   Simon, Cecilia ^b   Velazquez, Alejandro ^a   Fernández, José Carlos ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b Climate Change REDD+ Consultant   (Mexico)

^c Periférico Poniente 5360 ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon rights; Community forestry; Distribution of benefits; Forest enhancement; PES; Tenure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; OWNERSHIP; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TENURE SYSTEM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84878618299     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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