The role of remittances and decentralization of forest management in the sustainability of a municipal-communal pine forest in eastern Guatemala

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-43

  Holder, Curtis D ^a   Chase, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest extraction; Forest management; Guatemala; Remittances; Transnational migration

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BASELINE SURVEY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DECENTRALIZATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELWOOD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; REGENERATION; REMITTANCE; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER; VILLAGE;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82555194136     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9307-7     Document Type: Article

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