Cows versus rubber: Changing livelihoods among Amazonian extractivists

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1233-1249

  Salisbury, David S ^a   Schmink, Marianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Cattle; Conservation; Extractive reserves; Extractivism

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LAND USE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RANCHING; SUSTAINABILITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS;

EID: 34848868787     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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