Redefining Secondary Forests in the Mexican Forest Code: Implications for Management, Restoration, and Conservation

The Mexican Forest Code establishes structural reference values to differentiate between secondary and old-growth forests and requires a management plan when secondary forests become old-growth and potentially harvestable forests. The implications of this regulation for forest management, restoratio...

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Main Authors: Francisco J. Román-Dañobeytia, Samuel I. Levy-Tacher, Pedro Macario-Mendoza, José Zúñiga-Morales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-05-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/5/5/978