Environmentalists, rubber tappers and empowerment: The politics and economics of extractive reserves

Development and Change

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 201-227

  Brown, Katrina ^a   Rosendo, Sérgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTALISM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA STATE;

EID: 0034056261     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00152     Document Type: Article

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