Land tenure, population pressure, and deforestation in Haiti: The case of Forêt des Pins Reserve

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-289

  Dolisca, Frito ^a   McDaniel, Joshua M ^a   Teeter, Lawrence D ^a   Jolly, Curtis M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Farm households; For t des Pins Reserve; Land tenure; Tobit regression

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; LAND CLEARING; LAND TENURE; TOBIT REGRESSION;

DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND TENURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLEARINGS; DATA PROCESSING; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI;

EID: 35148833165     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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