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Socio-Economic and Ecological Factors Influencing Rulemaking for Community-Based Forest Management: A Study on Aguaje (Mauritia Flexuosa) in the Peatlands of the Pastaza Marañon Foreland Basin, Peru Cover

Socio-Economic and Ecological Factors Influencing Rulemaking for Community-Based Forest Management: A Study on Aguaje (Mauritia Flexuosa) in the Peatlands of the Pastaza Marañon Foreland Basin, Peru

International Journal of the Commons
Volume 19 (2025): Issue 1
By: Marieke van der Zon,  Johan de Jong,  Maarten Jacobs,  Bas Arts,  Wil de Jong and  Rene Boot  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1392 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
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Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 19, 2024
Accepted on: Dec 31, 2024
Published on: Feb 27, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
rules,
community institutions,
Mauritia flexuosa,
Peru,
Tropical peatland,
IPLCs,
sustainable harvesting,
Pastaza Marañon Foreland Basin,
CBD,
UFCCC,
CFM,
Amazon Forest

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