Planting trees, building democracy: Sustainable community forestry in Mexico

Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 95-118

  Mitchell, Ross E ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

certification; common property; environment; forest; governance; NAFTA; Oaxaca; policy; trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748543161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3774-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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