Transforming justice in REDD+ through a politics of difference approach

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Suiseeya, Kimberly R Marion ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest peoples; Institutions; Justice; REDD+

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFORESTATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FOREST PEOPLES; FOREST-DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN; JUSTICE; PROCEDURAL JUSTICE; REDD;

FORESTRY;

DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; FORESTS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 85007295290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7120300     Document Type: Article

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