Decentralization and forest-related conflicts in Latin America

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-86

  Ravikumar, Ashwin ^a   Andersson, Krister ^a   Larson, Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Conflicts; Decentralization; Institutions; Nicaragua; Peru

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIA; CONFLICTS; DECENTRALIZATION; NICARAGUA; PERU;

NATURAL RESOURCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TIMBER; TRANSPARENCY;

FORESTRY;

BOLIVIA; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; NICARAGUA; PERU; TRANSPARENCE;

EID: 84878869494     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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