Are indigenous people conservationists? Preliminary results from the Machiguenga of the Peruvian Amazon

Rationality and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 429-461

  Smith, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cultural adaptation; Machiguenga; Peruvian Amazon; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035618162     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346301013004002     Document Type: Article

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