Poverty and corruption compromise tropical forest reserves

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1259-1266

  Wright, S Joseph ^a   Sanchez Azofeifa, G Arturo ^b   Portillo Quintero, Carlos ^b   Davies, Diane ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Corruption; Fire; Indonesia; National parks; Poverty; Protected areas; Remote sensing; Tropical forest; Wealth

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; CORRUPTION; DETECTION METHOD; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; MODIS; NATIONAL PARK; POVERTY; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; HUMANS; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 34848921277     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1330.1     Document Type: Article

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