The case for improved forest management (IFM) as a priority redd+ strategy in the tropics

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-425

  Griscom, Bronson W ^a   Cortez, Rane ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Certification; Climate; Community based forest management; Policy; Reduced impact logging (ril); Safeguards; Tropical forest carbon emissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882665231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291300600307     Document Type: Article

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