Está listo (Are you ready)? Gender, race and land registration in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-375

  Mollett, Sharlene ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Indigenous peoples; Land registration; Protected areas; Racialization

Indexed keywords

FAMILY FARM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND REGISTRATION; LAND TENURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATRIARCHY; PROTECTED AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

GRACIAS A DIOS; HONDURAS; MOSQUITIA; RIO PLATANO BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

EID: 77952362185     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663691003737629     Document Type: Article

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