Science for place-based socioecological management: Lessons from the Maya forest (Chiapas and Petén)

Ecology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Manuel Navarrete, David ^a   Slocombe, Scott ^b   Mitchell, Bruce ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contextualization; Integrated conservation; Maya forest; Place based; Sustainability initiatives

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIAPAS; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PETEN;

EID: 33745929024     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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