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Fuzzy difference and data primitives: a transparent approach for supporting different definitions of forest in the context of REDD+
School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Werner Kuhn
Department of Geography and Center for Spatial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
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Short summary
REDD+ requires forests to be measured. However, many communities have their own concepts of
forestwith different meanings. Global forest inventories frequently ignore these conceptualizations. This paper describes an approach for generating alternative measures of forest simultaneously to support the international objectives of activities such as REDD+ and to reflect local concepts and semantics associated with
forest.
REDD+ requires forests to be measured. However, many communities have their own concepts of...