Case study report: REDD+ pilot project in community forests in three watersheds of Nepal

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2425-2439

  Shrestha, Shanti ^a   Karky, Bhaskar Singh ^a   Karki, Seema ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing mechanism; Community forests; Community MRV; Incentive based payment; Pilot REDD+

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

BENEFIT SHARING; COMMUNITY FOREST; COMMUNITY MRV; INCENTIVE-BASED PAYMENT; PILOT REDD;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; WATERSHED;

CLIMATES; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

NEPAL;

EID: 84921405202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5102425     Document Type: Article

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