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Drug Policy as Conservation Policy: Narco-Deforestation

2014170 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Kendra McSweeney · The Ohio State University

Erik A. Nielsen · Northern Arizona University

Matthew Taylor · University of Denver

David Wrathall · United Nations University

Zoe Pearson · The Ohio State University

Ophelia Wang · Northern Arizona University

Spencer T. Plumb ·

Abstract

Drug trafficking is taking a toll on Central America's biodiverse forests.

Topics & Keywords

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

Publication Details

Published in: Science

Volume 343, Issue 6170, pp. 489-490

DOI: 10.1126/science.1244082

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 9.47

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