Making and marketing chambira hammocks and bags in the village of Brillo Nuevo, northeastern Peru

Economic Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-40

  Vormisto, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Astrocaryum chambira; Bags; Hammocks; Nontimber forest products; Palm fibers; Peru

Indexed keywords

ASTROCARYUM;

EID: 0036263172     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2002)056[0027:MAMCHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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