Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics

This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case-studies, we compare land use/ cover change data for these two broad types of forest management and assess their performance...

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Main Authors: Porter-Bolland, L., Ellis, E.A., Guariguata, Manuel R., Ruíz Mallén, I., Negrete-Yankelevich, S., Reyes García, Victoria
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20799

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