Territorialising REDD+: Conflicts over market-based forest conservation in Lindi, Tanzania

Land Use Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 625-637

  Scheba, Andreas ^a   Rakotonarivo, O Sarobidy ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Market based conservation; Redd+; Tanzania; Territorialisation; Territory

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND USE CONFLICT; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT; TERRITORY;

LINDI [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84979021497     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.06.028     Document Type: Article

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