The relation between forest clearance and household income among native Amazonians: Results from the Tsimane' Amazonian panel study, Bolivia

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1864-1871

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a,h   Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b,h   Vadez, Vincent ^c,h   Leonard, William R ^d,h   Tanner, Susan ^e,h   Huanca, Tomás ^f,h   Wilkie, David ^g,h  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f CBIDSI Centro Boliviano de Investigacion y de Desarrollo Socio Integral   (Bolivia)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^h Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study TAPS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Forest clearance; Income elasticity of forest clearance; Native Amazonians

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST CLEARANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RAINFOREST; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 62349129814     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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