Household Determinants of Deforestation by Amerindians in Honduras

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 977-987

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   O'Neill, Kathleen ^a   Groff, Stephen ^a   Kostishack, Peter ^a   Cubas, Adoni ^a   Demmer, Josephien ^a   Mcsweeney, Kendra ^a   Overman, Johannes ^a   Wilkie, David ^b   Brokaw, Nicholas ^c   Martínez, Marques ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Assoc in Forest Res and Devmt   (United States)

^c Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^d Mosquitia Pawisa (MOPAWI)   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Central America; Deforestation; Education; Farm yields; Honduras; Tawahka

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001100194     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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