Mapping properties to monitor forests: Landholder response to a large environmental registration program in the Brazilian Amazon

Land Use Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-203

  L'Roe, Jessica ^a   Rausch, Lisa ^a   Munger, Jacob ^a   Gibbs, Holly K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Deforestation; Environmental monitoring; Land tenure; Policy; Property size

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND REGISTRATION; LAND TENURE; LANDHOLDING; MAPPING METHOD;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84973307935     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.05.029     Document Type: Article

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