@article{3b1bed7f170241aeabb3b07aa4b682af,
title = "Multi-Scale Forest Governance, Deforestation, and Violence in Two Regions of Guerrero, Mexico",
abstract = "It has been suggested that weaknesses in rights and land tenure is one of the important causes of forest-related violence. We go beyond rights and tenure to examine relationships between deforestation, forest-related violence, and multi-scale forest governance in a situation of secure tenure rights in comparative case studies of four communities in two watersheds in Guerrero, Mexico. Multi-scale forest governance influenced different rates of land use/cover change and lethal violence but cattle and human population are also influential. We suggest that weaknesses at the regional level of forest governance can be compensated by strong national and community governance.",
keywords = "Common property, Community forest management, Forest-related violence, LUCC analysis, Latin America, Mexico",
author = "E. Dur{\'a}n and Bray, {D. B.} and A. Vel{\'a}zquez and A. Larraz{\'a}bal",
note = "Funding Information: Marie-Louise Bowman, Sara Gradstein, and Jos{\'e} Luis Villa helped to obtained field data. DGAPA-UNAM (IN212003 and IN226307), Ford Foundation (1010-0595 and 1010-595-1) and AID gave the financial support, for which we are grateful. Thanks to Andr{\'e}s Villarreal, University of Texas, for his expertise on homicides in rural Mexico. Thanks to the people from Ejidos in both watersheds and to “Hermenegildo Galeana” Forestry Ejidos Organization for their help and interest in this work. McGill University provided logistic support for one of the authors. ",
year = "2011",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.08.018",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
volume = "39",
pages = "611--619",
journal = "World Development",
issn = "0305-750X",
number = "4",
}