Bridging the gap between forest conservation and poverty alleviation: The Ecuadorian Socio Bosque program

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 531-542

  de Koning, Free ^a   Aguiñaga, Marcela ^b   Bravo, Manuel ^b   Chiu, Marco ^b   Lascano, Max ^b   Lozada, Tannya ^c   Suarez, Luis ^a  

^a Plan International Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^b Ministry of Environment of Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^c National Secretary for Planning and Development of Ecuador   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Conservation agreements; Ecuador; Forest conservation; Poverty alleviation; REDD+

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 79958180714     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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