When Participatory Forest Management makes money: insights from Tanzania on governance, benefit sharing, and implications for REDD+

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2097-2112

  Khatun, Kaysara ^a   Gross Camp, Nicole ^b   Corbera, Esteve ^a   Martin, Adrian ^b   Ball, Steve ^c   Massao, Glory ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Mpingo Conservation and Development Initiative   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

benefit sharing; participation; Participatory Forest Management; REDD+; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; VILLAGE;

KILWA; LINDI [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84946922688     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X15595899     Document Type: Article

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