Are community-based forest enterprises in the tropics financially viable? Case studies from the Brazilian Amazon

Ecological Economics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-73

  Humphries, Shoana ^a   Holmes, Thomas P ^b   Kainer, Karen ^a   Koury, Carlos Gabriel Gonçalves ^c   Cruz, Edson ^d   de Miranda Rocha, Rosana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas   (Brazil)

^d AMBE Project   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Community based forest management; Financial viability; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROFITABILITY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84860271773     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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