Toward an Empirical Analysis of Justice in Ecosystem Governance

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 524-532

  Sikor, Thomas ^a   Martin, Adrian ^a   Fisher, Janet ^b   He, Jun ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Equity; Governance; Justice; Payments for Ecosystem Services; Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913595207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12142     Document Type: Review

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