Community Forestry, Common Property, and Deforestation in Eight Mexican States

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 414-437

  Barsimantov, James ^a   Kendall, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

common property; community forestry; deforestation; land tenure; land use change; Latin America; Mexico

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE;

LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84868009254     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496512447249     Document Type: Article

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