How are REDD+ Proponents Addressing Tenure Problems? Evidence from Brazil, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Vietnam

World Development

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-52

  Sunderlin, William D ^a   Larson, Anne M ^b   Duchelle, Amy E ^c   Resosudarmo, Ida Aju Pradnja ^a   Huynh, Thu Ba ^d   Awono, Abdon ^e   Dokken, Therese ^f  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Cameroon)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deforestation; Equity; Forest degradation; Livelihoods; Property rights; Tenure security

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

BRAZIL; CAMEROON; INDONESIA; TANZANIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84890856880     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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