Discourses, power negotiations and indigenous political organization in forest partnerships: The case of selva de matavén, Colombia

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 733-747

  Berman Arévalo, Eloisa ^a   Ros Tonen, Mirjam A F ^b  

^a Colombian National Parks System ^*  (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colombian Amazonia; Environmental discourses; Indigenous political organization; Multi sector partnerships; Territorial ordering

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION;

COLOMBIA;

LACUNA;

EID: 72249095229     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9272-z     Document Type: Article

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