REDD+ on hold: Lessons from an emerging institutional setup in Laos

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 393-405

  Vongvisouk, Thoumthone ^a,d   Lestrelin, Guillaume ^b,c   Castella, Jean Christophe ^b,c   Mertz, Ole ^a   Broegaard, Rikke Brandt ^a   Thongmanivong, Sithong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Vientiane   (Laos)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

capacity; forest carbon governance; institutions; Laos; REDD+; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; POLICY REFORM;

LAOS;

EID: 84973353443     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apv.12134     Document Type: Article

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