Formalization and Collective Appropriation of Space on Forest Frontiers: Comparing Communal and Individual Property Systems in the Peruvian and Ecuadoran Amazon

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 496-512

  Cronkleton, Peter ^a   Larson, Anne ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon; collective action; collective rights; common property; Ecuador; land tenure; Peru; property rights

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FRONTIER REGION; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR; PERU;

EID: 84929260258     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1014609     Document Type: Article

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