Practical critique: Bridging the gap between critical and practice-oriented REDD+ research communities

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 277-291

  Mcgregor, Andrew ^a,b   Weaver, Sean ^a,c   Challies, Edward ^d   Howson, Peter ^a   Astuti, Rini ^a   Haalboom, Bethany ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Carbon Partnership   (New Zealand)

^d LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critique; Indonesia; Political ecology; Practice; REDD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917689237     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apv.12064     Document Type: Article

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