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2007. Traditional forest knowledge: Challenges and opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management 249. Author's Keywords: conservation, indigenous knowledge, local knowledge, forest history, sustainable forest management, Cultural landscapes, Heritage
Denevan, W. M. 1992. The Pristine Myth - The Landscape of the America in 1492. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 82:369-385. ACSC Keywords: development, forests, Mexico, agriculture, carrying-capacity, pristine myth, 1492, columbus, native american settlement and demography, prehistoric new world, vegetation change, earthworks, basin, fires, forest history
Linares, Antonio M. 2007. Forest planning and traditional knowledge in collective woodlands of Spain: The Dehesa system. Forest Ecology and Management 249:71-79. Author's Keywords: forest history, forest planning, Dehesa system, collective woodlands ACSC Keywords: spain
Scotti, Roberto and Cadoni, Marisa. 2007. A historical analysis of traditional common forest planning and management in Seneghe, Sardinia--Lessons for sustainable development. Forest Ecology and Management 249:116-124. Author's Keywords: forest history, fire, Common rights reclamation, Estovers, ForEnCarb, Forest management planning, Land-use rights, Grazing, Wood energy
Walters, Bradley B. 2003. People and mangroves in the Philippines: Fifty years of coastal environmental change. Environmental Conservation 30:293-303. Author's Keywords: human ecology, Philippines, forest history, mangroves, induced intensification, community management ACSC Keywords: history, forest, Asia, Philippines