Deforestation and forest regeneration following small-scale gold mining in the Amazon: The case of Suriname

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-126

  Peterson, Garry D ^a   Heemskerk, Marieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Deforestation; Land use land cover change; Regeneration; Small scale gold mining; Suriname

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MINERS; VEGETATION;

FOREST REGENERATION;

GOLD MINES;

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GOLD MINE; MINING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REGENERATION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; LAND USE; MINING; SURINAME;

SURINAME;

EID: 0034911660     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892901000121     Document Type: Article

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