Land tenure and forest cover change. The case of southwestern Beni, Bolivian Amazon, 1986-2009

Applied Geography

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-126

  Paneque Gálvez, Jaime ^a,b   Mas, Jean François ^a   Guèze, Maximilien ^b   Luz, Ana Catarina ^a   Macía, Manuel J ^c   Orta Martínez, Martí ^b   Pino, Joan ^d   Reyes García, Victoria ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biocultural conservation; Bolivian lowlands; Indigenous territories; Logging concessions; Private lands; Protected areas; Tropical deforestation and forest degradation; Tropical forest fragmentation

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LOGGING (TIMBER); LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA;

AMAZONIA; BENI; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84880605270     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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