Making the 'rules of the game': Constituting territory and authority in Nicaragua's indigenous communities

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1143-1152

  Larson, A M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Community forests; Politics of authority; Property rights; Recognition; Tenure reform

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND REFORM; LAND RIGHTS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TENURE SYSTEM;

LATIN AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 77952878668     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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