@article{788886c4708a4b5ebbcb7b9d45aa8d56,
title = "Land tenure and deforestation patterns in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Conflicts in land conservation in frontier settings",
abstract = "The Cuyabeno Wildlife Production Reserve (Cuyabeno Reserve), located in the northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon, is a special protected area. Using a satellite image time-series, landscape ecology and evolving boundary definitions, shifts in landscape composition are described that focus on the spatial and temporal dynamics of land use and cover change (LUCC) within the vicinity of the Cuyabeno Reserve. Changes in local land tenancy and the implementation of protection buffers have accelerated the process of fragmentation and exacerbated the conflict between development and protection. Further, variations in management strategies and ownership histories confound LUCC patterns, rates, and trajectories.",
keywords = "Ecuador, Land tenure, Landscape ecology, Parks",
author = "Messina, {Joseph P.} and Walsh, {Stephen J.} and Mena, {Carlos F.} and Delamater, {Paul L.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work is based on projects of the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations and the Department of Geography at Michigan State University and of the Carolina Population Center and the Departments of Geography and Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, in collaboration with EcoCiencia, in Quito, Ecuador. We are grateful to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (NAG 5-12617, NCC5-295 and NCC5-699), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (R01-HD38777-01), the Mellon Foundation, the Summit and Compton Foundations, PROFORS (funded by GTZ, the German foreign aid program); and to the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador and the Petramaz project, and the Centro de Estudios de Poblacion y Desarrollo Social (CEPAR) in Quito. Finally, we greatly appreciate the helpful suggestions and comments of the reviewers and Special Issue Organizer Harini Nagendra.",
year = "2006",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/j.apgeog.2005.11.003",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
volume = "26",
pages = "113--128",
journal = "Applied Geography",
issn = "0143-6228",
number = "2",
}
