Financial returns from sustainable forest management and selected agricultural land-use options in Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 35-49

  Howard, Andrew F ^a   Valerio, Juvenal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bean; Beef; Corn; Net present value; Timber

Indexed keywords

CATTLE RANCHING; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE STRATEGY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

COSTA RICA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030448151     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03670-9     Document Type: Article

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