Linking national agrarian policy to deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon: A case study of Tambopata, 1986-1997

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 269-274

  Alvarez, Nora L ^a   Naughton Treves, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEFORESTATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

PERU; TAMBOPATA;

EID: 0038456940     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.4.269     Document Type: Article

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38. Field research was approved by the Peruvian Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA), and supported by the InterAmerican Foundation, Tinker-Nave Field Research Grants, Lawry Travel Grant, Conservacion Internacional-Peru and the Wildlife Conservation Society. F. Torres and L. Mena assisted with data collection. The Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University and the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS), CI, Washington, D.C. supported the authors during manuscript preparation. A. Trevers assisted with data analysis. J. Vandriesche, M. Turner, S. Ventura, O. Coomes, J. Thomlinson and anonymous reviewers improved the ms. significantly with their comments.
39. First submitted 5 Nov. 2001. Revised manuscript received 23 May 2002. Accepted for publication 3 June 2002.