REDD+ on the rocks? Conflict over Forest and Politics of Justice in Vietnam

Human Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 217-227

  Sikor, Thomas ^a   Càm, Hoàng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Vietnam Institute of Culture and Information Studies   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Forest; Justice; Politics; Reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962164175     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-016-9821-1     Document Type: Article

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