Designing a carbon market that protects forests in developing countries

Capturing Carbon and Conserving Biodiversity: The Market Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 332-345

  Niesten, Eduard ^a   Frumhoff, Peter C ^b   Manion, Michelle M ^b   Hardner, Jared J ^a  

^a Hardner and Gullison Associates LLC   (United States)

^b Union of Concerned Scientists   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849770682     Document Type: Chapter

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