Paper park performance: Mexico's natural protected areas in the 1990s

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-61

  Blackman, Allen ^a   Pfaff, Alexander ^b   Robalino, Juan ^c  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Matching; Mexico; Protected area

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE DATA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84922741068     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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