Raw hides: Hegemony and cattle in Guatemala's northern lowlands

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 720-731

  Grandia, Liza ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; CAFTA; Cattle; Climate change; Maya Biosphere Reserve; Pet n; PPP

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FREE TRADE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HEGEMONY; LAND DEGRADATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RANCHING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; PETEN;

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EID: 70350751527     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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