Managing natural forests for sustainable harvests of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla): Experiences in Mexico's community forests

Unasylva

Volumn 54, Issue 214-215, 2003, Pages 68-73

  Snook, Laura K ^a   Santos Jimenez, Victoria A ^b   Carreón Mundo, Marcelo ^c   Chan Rivas, Celso ^d   May Ek, Francisco Javier ^e   Mas Kantún, Pedro ^f   Hernández Hernández, Carlos ^g   Nolasco Morales, Alfredo ^h   Escobar Ruíz, Carlos ^d  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Organizacion Ejidos Productores Fore   (Mexico)

^c State Forest Programme Quintana Roo   (Mexico)

^d Sociedad de Productores Forestales E ^*

^e Organizacion de Ejidos Forest Quint   (Mexico)

^f Sociedad de Pueblos Indigenas Forest   (Mexico)

^g CONAFOR ^*  (Mexico)

^h Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 1942536465     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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