Nested governance for effective REDD+: Institutional and political arguments

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 554-575

  Kashwan, Prakash ^a   Holahan, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest rights movements; Forestry associations; Multilevel governance; Nested enterprises; Political accountability; REDD+

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907015274     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.450     Document Type: Article

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