Determinants of deforestation and the economics of protection: An application to Mexico

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 943-960

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Minten, Bart ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deforestation; Mexico; Poverty; Protected areas; Sustainable resource use

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PROTECTED AREA;

MEXICO;

EID: 0036868043     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00359     Document Type: Article

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