Rural livelihoods, forest law and the illegal timber trade in Honduras and Nicaragua

Taylor and Francis Ltd 5

Volumn 9781849771672, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-167

  Wells, Adrian ^a   Del Gatto, Filippo ^b   Richards, Michael ^c   Pommier, Denis ^d   Contreras Hermosilla, Arnoldo ^e  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c The International Nongovernmental Organization Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)   (United Kingdom)

^d de l Eau et des Resources Naturelles aGter   (France)

^e Forest Trends   (United States)

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EID: 84925752469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849771672     Document Type: Chapter

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