REDD+ policy strategy in Cameroon: Actors, institutions and governance

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-97

  Somorin, Olufunso A ^a,b,c   Visseren Hamakers, Ingrid J ^b   Arts, Bas ^b   Sonwa, Denis J ^a   Tiani, Anne Marie ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Forests; Governance; Institutions; Policy design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; DOCUMENTATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIETY;

EID: 84888856196     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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