Correcting inequity: How the implementation of the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project in fact redresses past injustices-Response to Chomba et al

Land Use Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 619-624

  Githiru, Mwangi ^a,b  

^a Wildlife Works   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Equity; Historical injustice; Kasigau corridor; Land tenure; REDD+

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EQUITY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND TENURE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY APPROACH;

KENYA;

EID: 84976871894     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.06.035     Document Type: Article

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