Forest carbon in Amazonia: The unrecognized contribution of indigenous territories and protected natural areas

Carbon Management

Volumn 5, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 479-485

  Walker, Wayne ^a   Baccini, Alessandro ^a   Schwartzman, Stephan ^b   Ríos, Sandra ^c,g   Oliveira Miranda, María A ^d,g   Augusto, Cicero ^e,g   Ruiz, Milton Romero ^f,g   Arrasco, Carla Soria ^c,g   Ricardo, Beto ^e,g   Smith, Richard ^c,g   Meyer, Chris ^b   Jintiach, Juan Carlos ^g   Campos, Edwin Vasquez ^g  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^c Institute del Bien Común IBC   (Peru)

^d Provita   (Venezuela)

^e Instituto Socioambiental   (Brazil)

^f Fundación GAIA Amazonas   (Colombia)

^g Red Amazónica de Información Socioambiental Georreferenciada/RAISG ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE STABILITY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84940519889     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2014.990680     Document Type: Review

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