State Policies and the Preservation of Forest Cover: Lessons from Contrasting Public-Policy Regimes in Costa Rica

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-40

  Brockett, Charles D ^a   Gottfried, Robert R ^a  

^a University of the South   (United States)

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EID: 0042539452     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: 15424278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0023879100019348     Document Type: Article

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