Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): Evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 907-925

  Matthews, Robin B ^a   van Noordwijk, Meine ^b   Lambin, Eric ^c   Meyfroidt, Patrick ^c,d   Gupta, Joyeeta ^e,f   Verchot, Louis ^g   Hergoualc'h, Kristell ^g   Veldkamp, Edzo ^h  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d FNRS   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^g CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Carbon stocks; GHGs; Greenhouse gases; Indonesia; Peatlands; Peru; Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON BUDGET; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PEATLAND; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

CAMEROON; PERU; VIET NAM;

EID: 84904251790     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-014-9578-z     Document Type: Article

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