Overcoming Key Barriers for Secondary Cloud Forest Management in Mexico
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Expert Workshop
3. Constraints to the Management of SCFs, Proposals to Overcome These Constraints, and Potential Benefits of Management
3.1. Constraints to the Management of SCFs
3.1.1. Environmental and Silvicultural Constraints
3.1.2. Socio-Economic Constraints
3.1.3. Regulatory Constraints
3.2. Policies and Strategies Needed to Overcome Constraints to SCFs Management
3.3. Potential Benefits of the Sustainable Use and Management of SCFs
3.3.1. Environmental Benefits
3.3.2. Socio-Economic Benefits
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Toledo-Aceves, T.; Guariguata, M.R.; Günter, S.; Porter-Bolland, L.; Merino, L. Overcoming Key Barriers for Secondary Cloud Forest Management in Mexico. Land 2021, 10, 1078. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10101078
Toledo-Aceves T, Guariguata MR, Günter S, Porter-Bolland L, Merino L. Overcoming Key Barriers for Secondary Cloud Forest Management in Mexico. Land. 2021; 10(10):1078. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10101078
Chicago/Turabian StyleToledo-Aceves, Tarin, Manuel R. Guariguata, Sven Günter, Luciana Porter-Bolland, and Leticia Merino. 2021. "Overcoming Key Barriers for Secondary Cloud Forest Management in Mexico" Land 10, no. 10: 1078. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10101078
APA StyleToledo-Aceves, T., Guariguata, M. R., Günter, S., Porter-Bolland, L., & Merino, L. (2021). Overcoming Key Barriers for Secondary Cloud Forest Management in Mexico. Land, 10(10), 1078. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10101078