Climate change mitigation in agroforestry systems: Linking smallholders to forest carbon markets

Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 360-369

  Semroc, Bambi L ^a   Schroth, Götz ^b   Harvey, Celia A ^c   Zepeda, Yatziri ^c   Hills, Terry ^c   Lubis, Saodah ^c   Arief, Candra Wirawan ^c   Zerbock, Olaf ^c   Boltz, Frederick ^c  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE

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EID: 84894252909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203144510     Document Type: Chapter

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