What happens to traditional knowledge and use of natural resources when people migrate?

Human Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-131

  Nesheim, Ingrid ^a   Dhillion, Shivcharn S ^a   Stølen, Kristi Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Forced migration; Maya Biosphere Reserve; Non timber forest products; Resettlement; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; FORCED MIGRATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIAPAS; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LACANDON; MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PETEN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745053848     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-005-9004-y     Document Type: Article

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