Population, Rural Development, and Land Use Among Settler Households in an Agricultural Frontier in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve
Guatemala was among the world’s leaders in deforestation during the 1990s at a rate of 2% per annum. Much of Guatemala’s recent forest loss has occurred in the emerging agricultural frontiers of the Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), the heart of the largest contiguous tropical forest in Central America...
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| Language: | English |
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Lindenwood University
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of International and Global Studies |
| Online Access: | http://www.lindenwood.edu/jigs/docs/volume1Issue1/essays/50-71.pdf |