A spatio-temporal analysis of forest loss related to cocaine trafficking in Central America

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Sesnie, Steven E ^a,e   Tellman, Beth ^b   Wrathall, David ^c   McSweeney, Kendra ^d   Nielsen, Erik ^e   Benessaiah, Karina ^b   Wang, Ophelia ^e   Rey, Luis ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; cocaine trafficking; counter narcotics data; forest loss; land use change

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CRIME; LAND USE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COCAINE TRAFFICKING; COUNTER NARCOTICS DATA; FOREST LOSS; LAND-USE CHANGE;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PATCH SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFICKING; TROPICAL FOREST;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; HONDURAS; NICARAGUA;

EID: 85019541533     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa6fff     Document Type: Article

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