Questioning emissions-based approaches for the definition of REDD+ deforestation baselines in high forest cover/low deforestation countries

Abstract Background REDD+ is being questioned by the particular status of High Forest/Low Deforestation countries. Indeed, the formulation of reference levels is made difficult by the confrontation of low historical deforestation records with the forest transition theory on the one hand. On the othe...

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Main Authors: Camille Dezécache, Jean-Michel Salles, Bruno Hérault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Carbon Balance and Management
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13021-018-0109-1