Trade-offs and synergies between carbon, forest diversity and forest products in Nepal community forests

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 5-13

  Rana, Eak ^a   Thwaites, Rik ^a   Luck, Gary ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon; forest products; plant diversity; REDD+; synergies; trade offs

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS;

FOREST PRODUCTS; PLANT DIVERSITY; REDD; SYNERGIES; TRADE OFF;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

NEPAL;

EID: 84995387570     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892916000448     Document Type: Article

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