Tropical deforestation, community forests, and protected areas in the Maya Forest

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bray, David Barton ^a   Duran, Elvira ^b   Ramos, Victor Hugo ^c   Mas, Jean Francois ^d   Velazquez, Alejandro ^d   McNab, Roan Balas ^c   Barry, Deborah ^e   Radachowsky, Jeremy ^f  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Oaxaca   (Mexico)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e Center for International Forestry Research

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community forest management; Guatemala; Land use and land cover change analysis; Logging; Mexico; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA FOREST; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58749092532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02593-130256     Document Type: Article

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