Taking stock of carbon rights in REDD+ candidate countries: Concept meets reality

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1031-1060

  Loft, Lasse ^a   Ravikumar, Ashwin ^b   Gebara, Maria Fernanda ^c   Pham, Thu Thuy ^d   Resosudarmo, Ida Aju Pradnja ^e   Assembe, Samuel ^f   Tovar, Jazmín Gonzales ^b   Mwangi, Esther ^g   Andersson, Krister ^h  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Center for International Forestry Research   (Viet Nam)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^f CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Cameroon)

^g Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Kenya)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Carbon rights; Land tenure; National implementation; Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT SHARING; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FINAL DECISION; LAND TENURE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION; REDUCING EMISSIONS; RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH;

DEFORESTATION;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND TENURE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

BRAZIL; CAMEROON; INDONESIA; PERU; VIET NAM;

EID: 84930642953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6041031     Document Type: Article

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