The implementation costs of forest conservation policies in Brazil

Ecological Economics

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 209-220

  Cunha, Felipe Arias Fogliano de Souza ^a,b   Börner, Jan ^c,d   Wunder, Sven ^d   Cosenza, Carlos Alberto Nunes ^b   Lucena, André F P ^b  

^a Technology for Social Development Area (ATDS)   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

Author keywords

Brazil; Decentralization; Forest conservation; Implementation costs; REDD +; Policy instruments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST ANALYSIS; DECENTRALIZATION; DEFORESTATION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84982833253     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.07.007     Document Type: Article

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