Timber, tourists, and temples : conservation and development in the Maya Forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico /
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
[1998]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the Maya forest / J.D. Nations, R.B. Primack, D. Bray
- A regional approach to conservation in the Maya Forest / C. Rodstrom, S. Olivieri, L. Tangley
- One forest, two nations: the Chiquibul forst of Belize and Guatemala / S. Matola, E. Platt
- The Maya forest of Quintana Roo: thirteen years of conservation and community development / H.A. Galletti
- Forest management in Quintana Roo, Mexico / H. Flachsenberg, H.A. Galletti
- Sustaining harvests of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) from Mexico's Yucatan forests: past, present, and future / L.K. Snook
- The Maya forest in Campeche, Mexico: experiences in forest management at Calakmul / D. Acopa, E. Boege
- Forestry policy and protected areas in the Peten, Guatemala / I. Ponciano.
- Community forest concessions: an economic alternative for the Maya biosphere reserve in the Peten, Guatemala / S.P. Gretzinger
- Forest management and conservation in Belize: a brief background / E. Platt
- Nontimber forest products in community development and conservation: Desmoncus sp (Tie-tie) in Gales Point, Belize / J.M. Belsky, S.F. Siebert
- Governmental and customary arrangements guiding chicle latex extraction in the Peten, Guatemala / B.L. Dugelby
- The impact of hunting on wildlife in the Maya forest of Mexico / J.P. Jorgenson
- Monitoring nontimber forest product harvest for ecological sustainability: a case study of Huano (Sabal mauritiiformis) in the Rio Bravo conservation and management area, Belize / J.L. O'Hara
- Buffer zone management: lessons for the Maya forest / J.R. Barborak.
- Toward sustainable forestry in Belize / N.V.L. Brokaw, et al.
- The Peregrine Fund's Maya project: ecological research, habitat conservation effors, and development of human resources in the Maya forest / D.F. Whitacre
- Dynamics and ecology of natural and managed forests in Quintana Roo, Mexico / D.F. Whigham, J.F. Lynch, M.B. Dickinson
- The global environment and Galacia, the New Ejidal Population Center, Marques do Comillas Zone, Ocosingo, Chiapas / J. Marroquin
- What is the forest to a small farmer? interview with Raymundo Terron Santana / H.A. Galletti
- Organic coffee production and the conservation of natural resources in Las Margaritas, Chiapas / J.L. Plaza Sanchez
- The Bio-Itza Reserve: history of an indigenous effort to conserve the Itza Maya community of San Jose, El Peten, Guatemala / R. Chayax Huex, et al.
- Community-based ecotourism in the Maya forest: problems and potentials / R. Norris, J.S. Wilber, L.O. Morales Marin
- Community-based development as a conservation tool: the community baboon sanctuary and the Gales Point manatee reserve / R.H. Horwich, J. Lyon
- Illuminating the Peten's throne of gold: the ProPeten experiment in conservation-based development / C. Reining and C.S. Manzanero
- The Belize zoo: grassroots efforts in education and outreach / R. Coc, L. Marsh, E. Platt.