Challenges of governing second-growth forests: A case study from the Brazilian Amazonian state of Pará

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1737-1752

  Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães ^a   Gardner, Toby ^b,c   Ferreira, Joice ^d   Lees, Alexander C ^a   Barlow, Jos ^a,e  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Instituto International para Sustentabilidade   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon; Forest governance; Restoration; Secondary forests

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZON; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCES; FOREST GOVERNANCE; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT; RESTORATION PROGRAMS; SECOND-GROWTH FORESTS; SECONDARY FORESTS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE;

REFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

CONSERVATION; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEGISLATION; REFORESTATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84905456932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5071737     Document Type: Article

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