Tenure and participation in local REDD+ projects: Insights from southern Cameroon

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-86

  Awono, Abdon ^a,d   Somorin, Olufunso A ^a,b,c   Eba'a Atyi, Richard ^a   Levang, Patrice ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Communities; Livelihoods; Participation; REDD+; Tenure

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CAMEROON; COMMUNITY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 84888852560     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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