Forest-cover change from labor- and capital-intensive commercial logging in the southern Chocó rainforests

Professional Geographer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-490

  Sierra, Rodrigo ^a   Tirado, Milton ^b   Palacios, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Fundacion Jatun Sacha   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Forest degradation; Local communities; Logging; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAINFOREST;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0344494846     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.5504006     Document Type: Article

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