Carbon forestry and agrarian change: Access and land control in a Mexican rainforest

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 859-883

  Osborne, Tracey Muttoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian question; Carbon forestry; Carbon market; Chiapas; Environmental enclosure; Mexico

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; CASH CROPPING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LABOR MARKET; LAND RIGHTS; LAND USE; NEOLIBERALISM; RAINFOREST; RURAL ECONOMY; SUBSISTENCE;

CHIAPAS; LACANDON FOREST; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80052657305     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2011.611281     Document Type: Article

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