Governing carbon, transforming forest politics: A case study of Indonesia's REDD+ Task Force

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-36

  Astuti, Rini ^a   Mcgregor, Andrew ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon rationalities; Forest carbon; Forest politics; Governmentality; Indonesia; REDD+ governance

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84926434002     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apv.12087     Document Type: Article

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