An assessment of the impacts of the REDD+ pilot project on community forests user groups (CFUGs) and their community forests in Nepal

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-46

  Maraseni, T N ^a   Neupane, P R ^b   Lopez Casero, F ^c   Cadman, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Nepal   (Nepal)

^c INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nepal; Pilot project; Social safeguard

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE STABILIZATION; COMMUNITY FOREST; COMMUNITY FOREST USER GROUPS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; NEPAL; PERFORMANCE; PILOT PROGRAMS; SOCIAL SAFEGUARD; STABILIZATION TARGET; USER GROUPS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

CARBON;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCENTIVE; POLICY MAKING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; NEPAL; PLANTATION; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TREE;

NEPAL;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; NEPAL; PILOT PROJECTS; TREES;

EID: 84894077733     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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