Can REDD+ save the forest? The role of payments and tenure

Forests

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 881-895

  Barbier, Edward B ^a   Tesfaw, Anteneh T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest management; Payment for ecosystem services; REDD+; Tenure security

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST COMMUNITY; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; REDD; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TENURE SECURITY;

COSTS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

DEFORESTATION;

CARBON EMISSION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TENURE SYSTEM;

COSTS; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84883283272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f3040881     Document Type: Article

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