| Title | Forest Resources: Institutions for Local Governance in Guatemala |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Gibson CC |
| Book Title | Protecting the Commons:A Framework For Resource Management In The Americas |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pagination | 71-90 |
| Publisher | Island Press |
| City | Washington, DC, USA |
| Source Document | Accessible with appropriate permission |
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Las Cebollas protective forest, Quezaltepeque municipality, western Guatemala | Case |
| Las Cebollasforest community is located in the municipality of Quezaltepeque, in western Guatemala. It encompasses a geographical area of 1850 ha of land much of it on slopes of about 1500m. The case study involves a snapshot in time in 1998 and catalogues an action situation involving 43 households which are dependent on the forest for three main purposes: 1) extraction of ocote, or resinous pine, for kindling, 2) extractions of firewood, oak varieties being preferred because they produce... | 09 Aug 2016 |