Land-use allocation protects the Peruvian Amazon

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5842, 2007, Pages 1233-1236

  Oliveira, Paulo J C ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^a   Knapp, David E ^a   Almeyda, Angélica ^a,b   Galván Gildemeister, Ricardo ^c   Keene, Sam ^d   Raybin, Rebecca F ^a   Smith, Richard C ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute del Bien Común IBC   (Peru)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; DAMAGE; DEFORESTATION; DETECTION METHOD; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; PROTECTED AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TERRITORY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; LAND USE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LEGAL ASPECT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PERU; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

EID: 34548532226     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1146324     Document Type: Article

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