Policy options to reduce deforestation based on a systematic analysis of drivers and agents in lowland Bolivia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 895-907

  Müller, Robert ^a   Pistorius, Till ^b   Rohde, Sophia ^b   Gerold, Gerhard ^a   Pacheco, Pablo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bolivia; Deforestation; Land use change; Policy options; REDD+

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LEGISLATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RANCHING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA;

BOS;

EID: 84864222425     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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