Complex Tenure and Deforestation: Implications for Conservation Incentives in the Ecuadorian Amazon

World Development

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-36

  Holland, Margaret B ^a   de Koning, Free ^b   Morales, Manuel ^c   Naughton Treves, Lisa ^d   Robinson, Brian E ^e   Suárez, Luis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c Corporación ECOLEX ^*  (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f NONE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Ecuadorian Amazon; Indigenous territory; Land tenure; Payment for ecosystem services; Protected areas; REDD

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; LAND TENURE; PROTECTED AREA; TENURE SYSTEM;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

EID: 84890855828     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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