The evolution of REDD+: An analysis of discursive-institutional dynamics

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-48

  Den Besten, Jan Willem ^a,b   Arts, Bas ^a   Verkooijen, Patrick ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b International Union for Conservation of Nature   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Discursive institutionalism; Forest governance; Indigenous Peoples; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION;

EID: 84888850216     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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