Are conservation strategies effective in avoiding the deforestation of the Colombian Guyana Shield?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1411-1419

  Armenteras, Dolors ^a,b   Rodríguez, Nelly ^b,c   Retana, Javier ^c  

^a Faculty of Sciences   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Guyana shield; Indigenous territories; National parks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

COLOMBIA; GUYANA SHIELD [COLOMBIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349124799     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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