This note aims at explaining why sustainable natural forest management, is rarely observed in the Latin America and Caribbean region, even though this sustainability is a declared governments' goal. Private landowners mine the forests, either for cattle ranching, or conversion to forest plantations - only a few exceptions of no commercial relevance, are accounted for. Using site specific data from Costa Rica as an example, it argues that sustainable...
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1993/10/31
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Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada)
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19821
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1
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2010/07/01
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Forest management and competing land uses : an economic analysis for Costa Rica
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