Measurement and monitoring needs, capabilities and potential for addressing reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation under REDD+

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Goetz, Scott J ^a   Hansen, Matthew ^b   Houghton, Richard A ^a   Walker, Wayne ^a   Laporte, Nadine ^c   Busch, Jonah ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Center for Global Development ^*  (United States)

^d CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; climate change; emissions; forests; land use; mitigation; safeguards

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; FIELD INVENTORIES; FOREST DEGRADATION; FORESTS; MITIGATION; MONITORING CAPABILITIES; OPERATIONAL NEEDS; REFERENCE LEVELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND USE PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84952916181     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/123001     Document Type: Review

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