Same Forest, Different Countries: Cultural Dimensions of Protected Area Management in Southeastern Venezuela and Western Guyana

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 171-188

  Kingsbury, Nancy D ^a  

^a AAAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gran Sabana; Indigenous peoples; North Rupununi Savannah; Protected areas; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; PLANNING;

PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

GUYANA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037281641     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v17n01_10     Document Type: Article

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