Locating international REDD+ power relations: Debating forests and trees in international climate negotiations

Geoforum

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-74

  Wilson Rowe, Elana ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate negotiations; Global governance; Power relations; Rainforests; REDD+

Indexed keywords

CARBON SINK; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POWER RELATIONS; RAINFOREST; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84942516022     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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