Reducing carbon emissions by slowing deforestation: REDD initiatives in Brazil

Avoided Deforestation: Prospects for Mitigating Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 90-109

  Moutinho, Paulo ^a   Cenamo, Mariano C ^b   Moreira, Paula F ^a  

^a Amazon Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM)   (Brazil)

^b Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas (IDESAM)   (Brazil)

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EID: 84909241857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880999     Document Type: Chapter

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