Forest in the time of violence: Conservation implications of the Colombian war

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 49-70

  Álvarez, María D ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Biodiversity; Coca; Colombia; Deforestation; Drug trafficking; Economic incentives; Erythroxylum; Forest conservation; Forest fragmentation; Forest policy; Guerrillas; Illicit crops; Paramilitaries; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CONSERVATION; CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAND USE;

ARMED CONFLICTS; ENDEMIC BIOTA;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; WAR;

COLOMBIA;

BOS TAURUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ERYTHROXYLUM;

EID: 0037245835     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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