The costs and benefits of REDD+: A review of the literature

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 75, Issue , 2017, Pages 103-111

  Rakatama, Ari ^a   Pandit, Ram ^a   Ma, Chunbo ^a   Iftekhar, Sayed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct benefit; Estimation approach; Implementation cost; Opportunity cost; REDD+; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; DEFORESTATION;

DIRECT BENEFIT; ESTIMATION APPROACHES; IMPLEMENTATION COST; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; REDD+; TRANSACTION COST;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84994860599     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.08.006     Document Type: Review

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