Avoiding deforestation in Panamanian protected areas: An analysis of protection effectiveness and implications for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-291

  Oestreicher, Jordan S ^a   Benessaiah, Karina ^b   Ruiz Jaen, Maria C ^b,f   Sloan, Sean ^c   Turner, Kate ^d   Pelletier, Johanne ^b   Guay, Bruno ^e   Clark, Kathryn E ^a,f   Roche, Dominique G ^b,f   Meiners, Manfred ^g   Potvin, Catherine ^b,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^e OECD   (France)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^g RARE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Land cover change; Natural resource management; Panama; Protected areas; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND COVER; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTED AREA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 67349103372     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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