Environmental services as a strategy for sustainable development in rural Amazonia

Ecological Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-70

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Brazil; Environmental valuation; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Hydrological cycle

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FOREST PEOPLE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL, AMAZON; SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0030621324     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(96)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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