Institutional choice, community, and struggle: A case study of forest co-management in Mexico

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Klooster, Daniel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co management; Common property; Institutional choice; Latin America; Mexico

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034059872     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00108-4     Document Type: Article

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