Achieving conservation and equity amidst extreme poverty and climate risk: The Makira REDD+ project in Madagascar

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 748-768

  Brimont, Laura ^a,b   Ezzine de Blas, Driss ^a   Karsenty, Alain ^a   Toulon, Angélique ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climatic risk; Conservation; Equity; Madagascar; REDD+

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; STORMS;

CLIMATIC RISKS; CONSERVATION MEASURES; EQUITY; FOREST CONSERVATION; MADAGASCAR; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REDD; SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE;

CULTIVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EQUITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84925351802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6030748     Document Type: Article

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