REDD+ projects and national-level Readiness processes: a case study from Kenya

Climate Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 788-800

  Bernard, Florence ^a   Minang, Peter A ^a   Adkins, Bryan ^b   Freund, Jeremy T ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b Wildlife Works   (Kenya)

^c Wildlife Works Carbon   (United States)

Author keywords

jurisdiction; Kasigau Corridor project; Kenya; national programmes; private sector; REDD+ Readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919860334     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2014.905440     Document Type: Article

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