Changing Landscapes for Forest Commons: Linking Land Tenure with Forest Cover Change Following Mexico's 1992 Agrarian Counter-Reforms

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 707-723

  DiGiano, Maria ^a   Ellis, Edward ^b   Keys, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forests; Land cover change; Land tenure; Mexico; Policy reform

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND COVER; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY REFORM; PRIVATIZATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84885076669     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9581-0     Document Type: Article

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