Forest protection and economic development by offshoring wood extraction: Bhutan’s clean development path

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 401-415

  Jadin, Isaline ^a,b   Meyfroidt, Patrick ^a,b   Lambin, Eric F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement; Environmental impact; Forest protection; Land use; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956649203     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0749-y     Document Type: Article

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