Advocacy coalitions, REDD+, and forest governance in Papua New Guinea: How likely is transformational change?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Babon, Andrea ^a,b   McIntyre, Daniel ^b   Gowae, Gae Y ^c   Gallemore, Caleb ^b,d   Carmenta, Rachel ^b   Di Gregorio, Monica ^b,e   Brockhaus, Maria ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^d NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy coalition framework; Advocacy coalitions; Forest governance; Papua New Guinea; REDD+; Transformational change

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; POLICY APPROACH; TROPICAL FOREST;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84911361895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06486-190316     Document Type: Article

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