Shades of green and REDD: Local and global contestations over the value of forest versus plantation development on the Indonesian forest frontier

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-61

  Eilenberg, Michael ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forest frontiers; Indonesia; Land enclosures; Oil palm; REDD+

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION;

INDONESIA; WEST KALIMANTAN;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84926486327     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apv.12084     Document Type: Article

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