The interim REDD+ partnership: Boost for biodiversity safeguards?

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-86

  Pistorius, Till ^a   Reinecke, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity safeguards; Forest governance; REDD+ Partnership; Transparency; UNFCCC; Voluntary setting

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; FOREST GOVERNANCE; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; POLICY APPROACH; REDD+ PARTNERSHIP; UNFCCC;

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; TRANSPARENCY;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; TRANSPARENCE;

EID: 84885430159     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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