Forest cover change and land tenure change in Mexico's avocado region: Is community forestry related to reduced deforestation for high value crops

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 844-853

  Barsimantov, James ^a   Navia Antezana, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mexico Centro Comercial El Parián Interior 17   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Land tenure; Land use change; Mexico; Trade

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORCHARD;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 80053490224     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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