Indigenous, colonist, and government impacts on Nicaragua's Bosawas reserve

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1495-1505

  Stocks, Anthony ^a   McMahan, Benjamin ^b   Taber, Peter ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosawas; Indigenous conservation; Land cover change; Mayangna; Miskitu; Nicaragua; Normalized burn ratio; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORESTATION; EXPLOITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE; LANDSAT; NATURE RESERVE; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUP; FORESTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NICARAGUA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FORESTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; NICARAGUA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

BOSAWAS RESERVE; CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 37349050341     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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