Forest plantations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua: Performance of species and preferences of farmers

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 59-77

  Piotto, Daniel ^a   Montagnini, Florencia ^b   Kanninen, Markku ^c   Ugalde, Luis ^d   Viquez, Edgar ^d  

^a Geotec Consultoria   (Brazil)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Incentives; Nicaragua; Plantations; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HARDWOODS; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; TREE PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

FARMERS ATTITUDE; FORESTRY POLICY; INCENTIVE; PLANTATION; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE;

AZADIRACHTA; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENTS; ORGANIZATIONS; PERSONNEL; PLANTATIONS; SILVICULTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; NICARAGUA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA ERIOSTACHYS; CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; EUCALYPTUS; GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; GMELINA ARBOREA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; TECTONA GRANDIS; VIROLA; VOCHYSIA;

EID: 10244230941     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v18n04_04     Document Type: Article

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