Co-benefits of biodiversity and carbon sequestration from regenerating secondary forests in the Philippine uplands: implications for forest landscape restoration

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 882-889

  Mukul, Sharif A ^a,b   Herbohn, John ^a,b   Firn, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

community forestry; forest degradation; reforestation; shifting cultivation; trade off

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LIVELIHOOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POLICY MAKING; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST; UPLAND REGION;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84995946024     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12389     Document Type: Article

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