Traditional resource-use systems and tropical deforestation in a multi-ethnic region in North-west Ecuador

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-145

  Sierra, Rodrigo ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Environmental conservation; Ethnic resource use systems; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD; FOREST; INCOME; MIGRATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0032816451     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892999000181     Document Type: Article

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