Community forest enterprise markets in Mexico and Brazil: New opportunities and challenges for legal access to the forest

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 87-121

  Molnar, Augusta ^a   Gomes, Denyse ^b   Sousa, Romier ^b   Vidal, Natalia ^c   Hojer, Rene Forster ^d   Arguelles, Luis Alfonso ^e   Kaatz, Stefanie ^a   Martin, Alejandra ^a   Donini, Gabriela ^a   Scherr, Sara ^a   White, Andy ^a   Kaimowitz, David ^a  

^a Rights and Resources Initiative   (United States)

^b Grupo de Assessoria em Agroecologia na Amaz nia   (Brazil)

^c Forest Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE QUINTANA ROO   (Mexico)

^e Tropica Rural Latinoamericana AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Community company partnerships; Community conservation; Community enterprise; Forest and livelihoods; Markets

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPANY PARTNERSHIPS; COMMUNITY CONSERVATION; COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE; FOREST AND LIVELIHOODS; MARKETS;

ECOSYSTEMS; TIMBER;

COMMERCE;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; MARKETING;

BRAZIL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650447035     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549810802225259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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