The Mexican model of community forest management: The role of agrarian policy, forest policy and entrepreneurial organization

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 470-484

  Bray, David Barton ^a   Antinori, Camille ^b   Torres Rojo, Juan Manuel ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agrarian policy; Community forest enterprises; Forest policy; Governance; Mexico

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN POLICY; COMMUNITY FOREST ENTERPRISES; FOREST POLICY; GOVERNANCE; MEXICO;

AGRICULTURE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; LEGISLATION; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 33646561572     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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