Common Property and Conservation: The Potential for Effective Communal Forest Management Within a National Park in Mexico

TitleCommon Property and Conservation: The Potential for Effective Communal Forest Management Within a National Park in Mexico
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsJohnson KA, Nelson KC
JournalHuman Ecology
Volume32
Issue6
Pagination703-733
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Common property regime within Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas, Mexico

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This research was conducted in Lagunas de Montebello National Park (PNLM) in Chiapas, the sourthernmost state in Mexico. PNLM is a small (6,022 ha) protected area situated in south-central Chiapas, along the border with Guatemala in the ecological transition zone between the central highlands and the lowland tropical rainforests of this state. These forests experienced extensive and severe fires in 1998, due to drought conditions following the El Nino event of 1997. This study documented forest...
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