Illegal palm heart (Geonoma edulis) Harvest in Costa Rican National Parks: Patterns of consumption and extraction

Economic Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-189

  Sylvester, Olivia ^a   Avalos, Gerardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Center for Sustainable Development Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Geonoma edulis; Illegal extraction; NTFPs; Palm heart; Park people interactions

Indexed keywords

AGONIDAE; ANIMALIA; GEONOMA;

EID: 67650395320     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-009-9081-8     Document Type: Article

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