An institutional analysis of deforestation processes in protected areas: The case of the transboundary Mt. Elgon, Uganda and Kenya

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-33

  Petursson, Jon Geir ^a   Vedeld, Paul ^a   Sassen, Marieke ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Institutions; Kenya; Mt. Elgon; Protected areas; Uganda

Indexed keywords

FOREST LOSS; FOREST RESOURCES; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; KENYA; LANDSAT SATELLITE; MT. ELGON; PA MODEL; PROTECTED AREAS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES; TRANS-BOUNDARY; UGANDA;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DEFORESTATION;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KENYA; SATELLITES; UGANDA;

EID: 84870513513     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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