Formalization as Development in Land and Natural Resource Policy

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 453-472

  Putzel, Louis ^a   Kelly, Alice B ^b   Cerutti, Paolo Omar ^c   Artati, Yustina ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

artisanal mining; development and environment; elite capture; fisheries; FLEGT; formalization; illegal logging; informal sector; land tenure; natural resource governance; NTFPs

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY; FORESTRY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMAL SECTOR; LAND TENURE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARALLEL ECONOMY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84929251806     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1014608     Document Type: Article

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