Historical, Demographic, and Economic Correlates of Land-Use Change in the Republic of Panama

The Republic of Panama recently experienced a limited forest transition. After five decades of decline, the total forest cover increased by 0.36% yr-1 between 1992 and 2000; however, mature forest cover simultaneously decreased by 1.3% yr-1. This limited forest transition at the national scale compr...

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Main Authors: Stuart Joseph. Wright, Mirna Julieta. Samaniego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2008-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art17/