Strict versus mixed-use protected areas: Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve

Ecological Economics

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-24

  Blackman, Allen ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Guatemala; Matching; Protected area

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NATURE RESERVE; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABILITY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; PETEN;

EID: 84922747257     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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