Farmers' perceptions towards forests: A case study from Haiti

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 704-712

  Dolisca, Frito ^a   McDaniel, Josh M ^a   Teeter, Lawrence D ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmers' perceptions; For t des Pins Reserve; Forest conservation; Linear structural modeling

Indexed keywords

FORECIRCT DES PINS RESERVE; FOREST CONSERVATION; LINEAR STRUCTURAL MODELING;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LOPHIRA;

EID: 33846433678     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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