Decentralization can help reduce deforestation when user groups engage with local government

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 52, 2016, Pages 14958-14963

  Wright, Glenn D ^a   Andersson, Krister P ^b   Gibson, Clark C ^c   Evans, Tom P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Decentralization; Forests; Governance; Peru

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BOLIVIA; DECENTRALIZATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TREE;

BOLIVIA; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERU; PUBLIC POLICY; TREES;

EID: 85007427985     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1610650114     Document Type: Article

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